Shipmaker PT PAL Indonesia has expressed confidence that it will be able to deliver a third submarine ordered by the Indonesian Navy on time.
The company has reasons to be upbeat: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has trained more than 200 Indonesians in South Korea as part of a transfer-of-technology agreement between the two companies.
PT PAL, with the assistance of DSME, is expected to deliver the third submarine in late 2018.
The state-owned shipmaker’s president director, Budiman Saleh, conceded that when working on the first and second Changbogo Class submarines in South Korea, the company made a number of mistakes.
However, none have been made during the building of the third submarine.
“This is a historic moment for us, PT PAL, because according to DSME’s supervision, we have made zero mistakes when working on the third submarine in Surabaya,” Budiman said on the sidelines of a ceremony for the third submarines which was held at the grand assembly area of the company’s warship division in Surabaya on Monday.
He added that with the expertise of its employees, PT PAL would be able to independently master submarine-building technology, the highest level of technology in the shipyard industry.
The company is currently working on joining and integrating different sections made separately in DSME’s factory in South Korea into the single hull of a submarine.
DSME won the bid for building three submarines for the Indone- sian Navy. It invited PT PAL Indonesia to take part in the project through a transfer-of-technology scheme.
The government has previously disbursed Rp 1.5 trillion (US$112.4 million) through a state capital injection (PMN) scheme that PT PAL used to develop a submarine factory and purchase various supporting equipment needed in the process of joining and integrating the third submarine.
The company uses a five-section joining technique starting from the stern to the bow of the submarine.
If the process succeeds, PT PAL Indonesia will be able to build the fourth, fifth and sixth submarines independently.
“We are targeting to produce the fourth, fifth and sixth submarines entirely in PAL,” Budiman said.
Sumber : Jakarta Post
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