RNZN issues tender for Fleet Tanker replacement

[CougarKing]

A replacement for HMNZS Endeavour...

Defense News

NZ Issues Tender for Fleet Tanker

WELLINGTON — New Zealand's Ministry of Defence has issued a request for tender for a ship to replace the existing fleet tanker HMNZS Endeavour, commissioned in April 1988.

The tender specifies a range of 6,450 nautical miles at 16 knots (Endeavour has a range of 10,000 nautical miles and can attain 14 knots) and requires the new ship to spend up to 160 days at sea each year and 60 days alongside.

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[Colin Parkinson]

Wonder if we can rent their old one till ours comes  :'(

 

[CougarKing]

A belated update: More good news for a South Korean shipbuilder and the NZDF.

Janes

Industry
HHI in frame for New Zealand tanker programme
Richard Scott, London - IHS Jane's Navy International
03 March 2016
Key Points

    HHI has been downselected as preferred bidder for New Zealand's Maritime Sustainment Capability project
    A contract award is expected in mid-2016 subject to government approvals

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is poised to win the race to build a new fleet tanker for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).
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[CougarKing]

More with this update:

Janes

Sea Platforms
New Zealand confirms South Korea's HHI for fleet tanker programme
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 July 2016


    New Zealand selects Hyundai Heavy Industries for its fleet tanker replacement programme
    The vessel will be ice-strengthened for operations in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

The New Zealand government has approved the acquisition of new fleet tanker for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) for NZD493 million (USD349 million), the country's minister for defence, Gerry Brownlee, announced on 18 July.

The platform, which will replace the RNZN's 30-year old HMNZS Endeavour , will be built by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and is expected to be delivered in 2020.
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[jollyjacktar]

Bet they'll get theirs long before we get ours too.

 

[jmt18325]

Aren't we supposed to be getting 1 next year from Davie?

 

[jollyjacktar]

It's not ours. 

 

[jmt18325]

It's not ours.

It's ours in the sense that we'll have an exclusive contract for its use until both of our own AORs arrive.

 

[OceanBonfire]

RNZN's future fleet support vessel to arrive in New Zealand on 26 June

The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has announced that its future fleet tanker/replenishment vessel is expected to sail into Auckland Harbour on 26 June following a 16-day journey from the South Korean coastal city of Ulsan where the 173.2 m-long vessel was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

The auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessel, which will be known as HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) once it enters service, is expected to be formally commissioned in late July at the Devonport Naval Base, replacing fleet replenishment tanker Endeavour , which was decommissioned in December 2017.

The ship’s homeport will be New Plymouth in the country’s western region of Taranaki. Ordered for NZD493 million (USD317 million) in 2016 under New Zealand’s Maritime Sustainment Capability (MSC) programme, the vessel, which has a displacement of 26,000 tonnes, was laid down in August 2018 and launched in April 2019.

Aotearoa , which will be capable of carrying 30% more fuel than Endeavour , will be the largest vessel operated by the RNZN.

The vessel will be able to carry 8,000 tonnes of diesel fuel, 1,550 tonnes of aviation fuel, and 250 tonnes of fresh water for resupply operations. It will also be capable of carrying up to 14 standard 20 ft containers and producing 100 tonnes of fresh water each day, according to the RNZN.


https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/rnzns-future-fleet-support-vessel-to-arrive-in-new-zealand-on-26-june

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159970051523009/

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159951064208009/

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159951060468009/

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159951058028009/

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159951052123009/

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=549955555696296

 

[OceanBonfire]

RNZN's new fleet support vessel arrives in New Zealand

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/rnzns-new-fleet-support-vessel-arrives-in-new-zealand

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.10159977119963009/10159977121578009/

https://twitter.com/nznavy/status/1276340121936162816

https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/videos/vb.317342038008/273880860730234/

https://twitter.com/nznavy/status/1276385440149336065

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Interesting bow on it

 

[lenaitch]

Interesting bow on it

https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/hmnzs-aotearoa-logistics-support-vessel/

Ice strengthened hull.  What a concept!

 

[Gorgo]

Honestly, we should have gone for one of these to help support forces up north.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Interesting the HMNZS Aotearoa has 6,000 more DWT, 1 m more draft, shorter range and 4 kts slower than a Berlin Class. Roughly the same capacity for bunker, aviation fuels. It would be interesting to have our new Protecteur-class, the Astreix and this along side each other for comparison.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

I suspect that the difference in tonnage and speed is related to the ice reinforcement and shape of the hull. That would add a lot of weight. Similarly, an ice capable hull would be shaped differently and thus limit the speed that can be achieved.

I also suspect some of the weight difference comes from the superstructure: Aotearoa's superstructure is a lot more massive than a Berlin's one.