On 09.02.2022, in the Port of Constanța, in the presence of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Lucian Bode and the Inspector General of the Romanian Border Police, Mr. Quaestor of Police Liviu Bute, the ceremony of entry into the fleet of five high-speed maritime intervention boats., in the endowment of the Romanian Border Police took place, as well as the handing over of the ship's flag.
The project was started in August 2020, when the General Inspectorate of Border Police signed the commercial contract for the purchase of five high-speed maritime intervention boats, model 1850 BV-CPB - Coastal Patrol Boat.
The contract was concluded with the Finnish company OY KEWATEC ALUBOAT AB and concerned the purchase of five means of naval mobility, within the project ROFSIB2018OS2ASP02 - Acquisition of necessary means of naval mobility Frontex, the procurement procedure being open public tender.
The value of the contract is 34,464,000 lei without VAT (6.9 million euros), a project carried out from non-reimbursable European funds, through the Fund for Internal Security-Visa Borders, the intervention boats entering the endowment of the Romanian Border Police at the end of 2021
These ships are part of a larger project that involves supplementing the naval fleet of the Romanian Border Police, in which five maritime intervention boats (model 1850 BV-CPB - Coastal Patrol Boat) and two maritime patrol vessels (CPV) are purchased. - Coastal Patrol Vessel, the contract being signed with Damen Shipyards Gorinchem BV Netherlands in March 2021).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Romanian Border Police manages 2,070 km of the external border of the European Union, of which 225 km are on the Black Sea. With the equipped vessels, they must carry out an efficient surveillance device, the continuity of which permanently ensures the coverage of a maritime space of approx. 20,000 km2 (inland maritime waters, territorial sea, contiguous area and exclusive economic area).
These vessels will be used in border patrol and intervention missions, search and rescue operations, and other activities specific to maritime border control and surveillance.
Also, in the context of managing the migration phenomenon at the EU's external borders, the purchase of intervention boats is opportune to fulfill the commitments of the Romanian Border Police to FRONTEX Agency, regarding the secondment of technical equipment in joint operations at the external maritime border of the EU.
This acquisition will lead to the improvement of the operational cooperation within the joint FRONTEX actions in which the Romanian Border Police participates, without depriving the operative structures at the Romanian borders of such technical means for long periods.
The main technical-tactical characteristics of the maritime patrol and intervention boats model 1850 BV-CPB:
- ability to perform continuous mission 24 hours;
- crew: 5 people (4 members plus one person with FRONTEX operational tasks);
- maximum speed: 40 knots (over 100 km / h);
- total length: 18.42 m;
- total width: 4.4 m;
- maximum draft: 0.95 m;
- range of 500 nautical miles.
