Sun Dec 19, 2010
The director of the maritime industries department of the Iranian Defense Ministry says Iran plans to build the country's first research ocean liner in the near future.
The project to construct the research vessel has been under study for two years ago, Alireza Esbati told the Mehr news agency on Saturday.
In the current stage of the project, the technical features of the ocean liner are being determined, he stated.
Esbati said the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography is cooperating with the Defense Ministry in the project.
Earlier this year, Iran constructed its first ever ocean-going cargo liner but has never constructed a liner able to transport people and research facilities along regular long-distance maritime routes.
Iran's first cargo liner, named the Iran-Arak, officially joined the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines on May 31.
The Iran-Arak received a quality certificate from the Germanischer Lloyd technical supervisory organization and is equipped with the world's most advanced navigation systems.
The Iran-Arak is 185 meters long, 30 meters wide, and has the capacity to carry up to 30,000 tons of cargo (2,200 containers).
Iran has made great progress in manufacturing military and research equipment over the past few years.
In addition, the Islamic Republic has recently designed and manufactured many satellites and radar systems.
Earlier in December, the Iranian Navy announced that it plans to launch assembly lines for submarines capable of covering long distances across the ocean in order to deploy more warships in the Persian Gulf and beyond.
The deputy commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Gholamreza Khadem Bigham, said that submarines and other vessels of various classes and capabilities are currently under construction, in cooperation with the Defense Industries Organization.
A submarine simulator, named the Tareq, designed for training, was also unveiled in December.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/156102.html.
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