Damen Naval Teams With Nevesbu On Colombian PES Frigate

Damen Naval has signed a contract with Nevesbu to develop and integrate the platform engineering on Colombia’s PES Frigate.

The Dutch shipbuilding group had previously agreed a deal with the Colombian Ministry of Defence to build the (PES) frigate for the Colombian Navy at the COTECMAR shipyard in Cartagena back in 2022. The ship is due to be delivered in 2030.

The PES vessel, the first to be built in Colombia, will be based on the design of Damen Naval’s SIGMA Multi-Mission Frigate 10514; variants of this ship are already in use in Indonesia and Mexico.

The 105-metre vessels have a maximum speed for more than 27 knots, a 5,000-nautical-mile range, and are equipped for both surface and anti-submarine warfare missions

As per its press statement, Damen Naval recently signed a contract with Nevesbu, a specialised naval architect and platform systems integrator, for both basic engineering and detailed platform engineering on the PES.

Bart van Rijssen, Managing Director of Nevesbu, said: “We are proud to contribute to the realisation of this advanced frigate for the Colombian Navy.”

And Damen Naval Project Director Jasper Oreel commented: “This project highlights the power of collaboration within the Damen Shipyards Group, with Nevesbu’s advanced naval architecture and platform systems integration capabilities playing a key role.”

• You can read more details on the Damen website