COTECMAR
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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, mainly Americas |
Key people | CALM. Luis Fernando Marquez (President) |
Products | Warships, Research vessels, Merchant vessels, Tugboats, Floating Drydocks |
Owner | Ministry of National Defense of Colombia |
Website | www.cotecmar.com |
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 the Ministry of National Defense of Colombia and other domestic and international costumers. It is the largest and most important shipbuilding and repair company in Colombia, with facilities in Mamonal and Bocagrande in Cartagena de Indias.[1]
History
[edit]Established in 1969 as CONASTIL,
In September 2022, COTECTMAR and the Damen Group signed an agreement to co-develop and produce five new frigates for the Colombian Navy based on the Sigma-class design.
Products
[edit]Warships
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- Frigates (Sigma-class design)
- Patrol boats (OPV-93, LPR-40)
- Landing Craft Utility (Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft)
Civilian
[edit]Notable clients
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Brazil
Brazilian Army,
Brazilian Navy
- LPR-40 riverine patrol boats[2]
Colombia
Costa Rican Coast Guard
- Maintenance work for Libertador Juan Rafael Mora Porras[3]
Guatemalan Navy
Honduran Navy
- Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft
- SAFE BOATS 35MMI Multi Misión Interceptor[4]
Jamaica
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy
- Maintenance work for HNLMS Pelikaan (A804)[5]
See also
[edit]References
[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.com (in Spanish). 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.