The contract, signed by the Inspector General of Royal Oman Police and General Manager of ARES covers 14 cutting-edge technology vessels to be built and delivered within a four-year acquisition program.
The ARES 85 HERCULES vessels will be fully customized to meet the Royal Oman Police Coast Guard’s needs, and provide the agency with a much-expanded capability to patrol and secure the nation’s waters.
ARES Chairman & Executive Director Kerim Kalafatoglu said: “I’d like to highlight with pride that this is the first ever naval export program of Turkish Republic history to Oman. Another first has again been accomplished by ARES.”
Winner of Work Boat World’s ‘Best Patrol Boat Builder 2016’ award, ARES proceeds with the new 26-meter long ARES 85 HERCULES PIV in the Omani order, which will be the workhorse of the Coast Guard fleet. Its current water jet propulsion system gives it a high speed capability above 45 knots with outstanding seekeeping characteristics conformant to the tough environmental conditions of Omani waters.
Along with its 12.7-mm auto stabilized remote controlled naval gun to provide versatile firepower that can be adapted to a wide variety of potential scenarios; the vessel has a suite of maritime communications equipment, electro optic (E/O) sensors and X-band Naval Radars. The vessel can launch and recover a military type RHIB for boarding and SAR missions.
Ensuring safety at sea
Turkey’s ARES Shipyard has built up in a little over ten years to become the country’s fastest-growing company and its largest exporter of military boats and ships. By employing the latest technology in both construction techniques and design, ARES products lead the way in the fields of patrol and fast attack, as well as other sectors. The company’s latest vessel to be built, the ARES 85 HERCULES for the ROPCG highlights the ability of the Shipyard to develop and produce world-class vessels that are tailored to meet exacting customer specifications and demanding schedules.
In 2018, the company was recognized by the Turkish government as the country’s fastest-growing company over the last five years. It is currently the country’s largest military ship exporter.
Training and Integrated
Logistics Support
The 85 HERCULES program for Oman showcases ARES Shipyard’s approach to integrated through-life support, with the customer participating in the design phase from the outset. Rather than make the mission fit the vessel, the ARES concept is the opposite, in which the mission requirements are the principal driver behind the design proposal. Only with the mission parameters established is the right vessel selected as a platform to best meet those requirements.
Following the design, development and initial construction phases, the Shipyard is fully involved in entry-into-service support. To smooth this process ARES has instigated a comprehensive training plan.
Moreover, timely in-service support will be provided by on-site warranty engineers and technicians, who will be available in Oman on a 24/7 basis. The vessels themselves are covered by a “seven-year” hull warranty.
About ARES – Blueprint
for Success
At the heart of ARES Shipyard’s success are its willingness to partner with leading design and equipment providers around the world such to produce best-in-class vessel designs, to use the latest technology and highly-trained personnel to ensure superior build quality, and, above all, to fully engage with the customer at all stages to ensure that their needs are met or exceeded.
These principles have resulted in the shipyard delivering more than 100 vessels of varying sizes to date. ARES Shipyard has become Europe’s leading builder of composite and aluminum patrol boats, and the largest military ship exporter of Turkey. The shipyard is the only one to be employing full vacuum infusion and epoxy resin technologies for the production of military boats.
