Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) today handed over the littoral mission ship (LMS) named Sundang to the Government through the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). BHIC said this is the second of four units of LMS being built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industrial Group Shipyard (WSIG) in Shuangliu, China, under a contract signed in 2017 between Malaysia’s defence ministry and Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), with the cooperation of China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co Ltd
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 10:23 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) received its second Littoral Mission Ship (LMS), Sundang at Wucang Port, Shanghai, China today after more than two years of construction.
RMN in a statement today said Sundang had successfully passed a series of acceptance tests at the port and sea before being handed over to the Malaysian government and was scheduled to sail back to the country in the third week of this month.
According to the statement, Sundang was first built on October 23, 2018 at Wuchuan Shuangliu Manufacture Base, Wuhan, China before it was scheduled to be handed over to the Malaysian government on April 12 last year.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, stocks that may be in focus tomorrow (Jan 15) include: FGV Holdings Bhd, TA Enterprise Bhd, AirAsia X Bhd (AAX), Pharmaniaga Bhd, Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC), See Hup Consolidated Bhd, Tek Seng Holdings Bhd, JCY International Bhd, George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd, Dayang Enterprise Holdings Bhd, Red Ideas Holdings Bhd, Jiankun International Bhd and Perak Transit Bhd.
The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) bought 22 million shares in
FGV Holdings Bhd in the open market yesterday for RM28.38 million as part of its efforts to take the plantation company private. The shares were bought at RM1.29 per share, slightly lower than the RM1.30 cash offer Felda made for FGV shares.
Malaysian Navy takes delivery of second Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship Malaysian Navy takes delivery of second Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:11
According to information published by the Air Times website on January 14, 2021, the Royal Malaysian Navy has received the second Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship (LMS).
Royal Malaysian Navy takes delivery of second Keris-class LMS Littoral Mission Ship. (Picture source Royal Malaysian Navy)
The procurement of the fourth LMS (Littoral Mission Ship) was signed in March 2017 under the Defence Ministry’s contract with Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd and the cooperation of China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co Ltd, China. The ships were built by Malaysia and China companies under a joint development agreement.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Several individuals, including former defence minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic), will be questioned by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the RM9bil littoral combatant ship project (LCS), says Wong Kah Woh.
The PAC chairman said former navy chief admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar and a representative from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), main contractor of the LCS, will be questioned in the proceedings that will resume in early January.
“The PAC will also conduct a visit on the LCS ship construction site in Lumut, Perak, in January next year.
“The PAC is aiming to complete and table the PAC report regarding the supply of six second-generation LCS ships in the March Parliament session, ” Wong told reporters in Parliament on Thursday (Dec 17).