Sperry to supply navigation systems on 12 newbuildings

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has received orders to supply navigation and bridge systems for 12 new tankers to be built for Italian ship owners at shipyards in South Korea and China. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

The ships include four 46,000 DWT product tankers for D’Amico Soc Di Nav, six 51,000 DWT product tankers for Pietro Barbaro at the STX Shipbuilding in Chinhae, South Korea, and two 74,500 DWT product tankers for Fratelli D’Amato at the New Century Shipbuilding Co. in Jianjiang, China. The newbuildings are scheduled for delivery over the next two years and each of the ships will be fitted with a complete suite of integrated navigation systems and type-approved voyage data recorders (VDRs) by Sperry Marine.