Swedish Coast Guard receives KBV 034 vessel from Peene-Werft

Peene-Werft Wolgast has successfully delivered Kustbevakningen (KBV) 034 vessel to the Swedish Coast Guard at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

The delivery follows a previous contract awarded to the company in 2008 for supply of four newly built KBVs to the coast guard, while the first two vessels of the class have already been delivered in June and July of 2012 respectively.

Due to insolvency, Peene-Werft had again signed a new contract with the Swedish Coast Guard for the completion of the two remaining vessels in November 2012.

Swedish Coast Guard new construction director Commodore Åke Dagnevik said that the four vessels are equipped with advanced technical equipment.

The company has delivered KBV 033 in February this year.

"In order to achieve the same high standard with all four coast guard vessels, the first two vessels will be retrofitted with regard to some points at the Peene shipyard," Dagnevik added.

The 034 vessel future crews will initially undergo extensive training, while the vessel is scheduled to leave the Peene shipyard in June for its future home port of Helsingborg in southern Sweden.

The 52m-long and 10m-wide KBV 034 vessel can support missions such as monitoring shipping traffic in coastal areas, providing border security, carrying out customs service and protecting fishing, even in temperatures below -25°C.

Designed and built for a service life of 30 years, the Swedish Coast Guard multi-purpose ship KBV can conduct search and rescue (SAR) missions, disaster operations for cleaning up oil spills as well as fight fires at sea and in port.