{"id":18391,"date":"2019-02-01T12:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T12:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/01\/french-navy-to-get-four-new-logistics-ships-in-19-billon-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:38:47","slug":"french-navy-to-get-four-new-logistics-ships-in-19-billon-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2019\/02\/01\/french-navy-to-get-four-new-logistics-ships-in-19-billon-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"French navy to get four new logistics ships in $1.9 billion deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS \u2013 The Organization for Joint Armament Co-operation, OCCAR, has signed a \u20ac1.7 billion contract on behalf of the DGA French procurement agency with Chantiers de l’Atlantique and Naval Group for four Italian-designed logistic support ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vessels are meant to provide long-term support for France\u2019s blue-sea combat fleet, supplying fuel, ammunition, spare parts and food. Each LSS can carry 13,000 cubic meters of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri will supply part of the hulls and technical assistance, having designed and built the recently-launched Vulcano for the Italian navy as the design base for the vessels. The ships will be built in Saint-Nazaire on France\u2019s Atlantic coast, and the first two will be delivered by 2025 to start replacing the last three Durance-class command and supply ships in line to be phased out of the French navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough this order, our expertise in the design and construction of complex ships, civilian or military, is acknowledged once again,\u201d Yves Pelpel, senior vice president of naval programs at Chantiers de l\u2019Atlantique, said. “After the construction of the Mistral, Tonnerre and Dixmude LHD platforms, we are proud to contribute again, in partnership with Naval Group, to the modernization of the French navy\u2019s fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t