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The 2nd Japan-Made Response Ship For Coast Guard Arrives In The Philippines


The Philippine Coast Guard’s second brand-new multi-role response vessel (MRRV) from Japan, BRP Malabrigo, has arrived in the country.

The PCG and Department of Transportation rendered an arrival honor for BRP Malabrigo at the Headquarters Coast Guard Ready Force Pier 13 in Manila.


The Coast Guard said BRP Malabrigo will be an additional floating asset to the search and rescue vessels, utilizes to further strengthen its mandated maritime functions such as law enforcement, security, search and rescue, environmental protection and safety administration within the country’s maritime domain.

According to PCG spokesman Commander Armand Balilo, BRP Malabrigo will be deployed in Panatag Shoal to augment the number of ships already dispatched there.

BRP Malabrigo, the second of the ten 44-meter MRRVs from Japan, was inspected by PCG personnel last month before it set sail and it has undergone a successful sea trial.

Designed with a bullet-proof navigation bridge, it is equipped with fire monitors, night vision capability, a work boat and radio direction finder capability, as well as communications and radio monitoring equipment from Rohde & Schwarz to enhance its reconnaissance, pursuit and communications capabilities.

Furthermore, the ten MRRVs from Japan are acquired under the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project awarded by DOTr to the Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU).

It is being implemented as an official development assistance project via a tied load extended by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Moreover, BRP Malabrigo is named after Faro de Punta de Malabrigo, one of the 24 lighthouses erected by the Spaniards in the Philippines.

PCG said the remaining eight brand-new MRRVs which will be built for the PCG will also be named after the primary lighthouses in the country to denote its significance as one of the navigational aids in the maritime industry.

Source: Manila Bulletin
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