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LOCAL Saturday 9 November 2019

Zr. Ms Pelican for major maintenance to the Netherlands

SAVANETA — After hav- out major maintenance tenance will be carried Maintenance". Because of Netherlands where all par-
ing operated in the Carib- and to replace various sys- out by "Damen shipyards" the size of the project and ties are located.
bean Sea for 13 years, the tems and to make it even with support from the "De- the parties involved, it was
support ship Zr. Ms Pelican better suited to the tasks fense Material Organiza- therefore decided to carry The ship will return in the
left for the Netherlands last assigned to it. This main- tion" and "Defense Material out this maintenance in the course of next year.q
Monday. For the first time
since it was put into service
in 2006, the ship is under-
going major maintenance,
the so-called midlife up-
date.

The Pelikaan provides vari-
ous support tasks under the
command of "Comman-
dant Zeemacht in het Cari-
bisch gebied” (CZMCARIB).
In addition to the many ex-
ercises and transport tasks,
the Pelican has also been
deployed several times for
emergency aid. Most re-
cently the deployment af-
ter the passage of the hur-
ricanes Irma and Maria on
the Dutch windward islands
and at Dominica.

At present, the Pelican
is halfway through its
planned operational life.
This is the reason to carry