COTECMAR(Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial)is a Colombian state-owned defense,shipbuilder,and engineering company that provides services to theMinistry of National Defense of Colombiaand other domestic and international customers. It is the largest and most important shipbuilding and repair company in Colombia, with facilities in Mamonal and Bocagrande in Cartagena de Indias.[1]
Native name | Spanish:Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial |
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Company type | State owned enterprise |
Industry | Shipbuilding,Defence |
Founded | July 21, 2000 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | International, mainlyAmericas |
Key people | CALM. Luis Fernando Marquez (President) |
Products | Warships,Research vessels,Merchant vessels,Tugboats,Floating Drydocks |
Owner | Ministry of National Defense of Colombia |
Website | cotecmar |
History
editEstablished in 1969 as CONASTIL,
In September 2022, COTECTMAR and theDamen Groupsigned an agreement to co-develop and produce five new frigates for the Colombian Navy based on theSigma-class design.
Products
editWarships
edit- Frigates(Sigma-class design)
- Patrol boats(OPV-93, LPR-40)
- Landing Craft Utility(Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft)
Civilian
editNotable clients
edit- Brazil
- Brazilian Army,Brazilian Navy
- LPR-40 riverine patrol boats[2]
- Brazilian Army,Brazilian Navy
- Colombia
- Costa Rican Coast Guard
- Maintenance work forLibertador Juan Rafael Mora Porras[3]
- Guatemalan Navy
- Honduran Navy
- Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft
- SAFE BOATS35MMI Multi Misión Interceptor[4]
- Jamaica
- Netherlands
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- Maintenance work forHNLMS Pelikaan (A804)[5]
- Royal Netherlands Navy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Nuestras Instalaciones".
- ^"COTECMAR entrega a Brasil las dos primeras lanchas patrulleras LPR-40".
- ^"Costa Rica elige a Cotecmar para realizar el mantenimiento de sus patrulleros guardacostas".
- ^"Cotecmar Delivers Interceptor Pair to Honduran Navy".
- ^"Países Bajos contrata con Cotecmar el mantenimiento del buque Pelikaan".Infodefensa(in Spanish). 23 January 2018. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2018.Retrieved16 January2019.
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