{"id":4610,"date":"2024-07-22T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kership.com\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:28:32","slug":"the-oostende-has-completed-its-first-sea-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kership.com\/en\/the-oostende-has-completed-its-first-sea-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oostende has completed its first sea trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4610\" class=\"elementor elementor-4610 elementor-2724\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fd69b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9fd69b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5cfea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5cfea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oostende, the lead vessel in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM (mine countermeasures) program, intended for the Belgian Navy, began its first sea trials campaign on July 17 from Concarneau. The objective is to test and validate the vessel\u2019s performance at sea ahead of its delivery in summer 2025.<\/p><p>As a reminder, Kership has been appointed as the industrial prime contractor for the program led by Belgium Naval &amp; Robotics, a consortium formed by Naval Group and Exail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab5cd1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab5cd1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6f416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec6f416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Photo credit Naval Group<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7638224 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7638224\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150a86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"150a86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naval-group.com\/fr\/premiere-sortie-en-mer-pour-loostende-premier-navire-de-lutte-contre-les-mines-du-programme-rmcm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naval Group press release<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oostende, the lead vessel in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM (mine countermeasures) program, intended for the Belgian Navy, began its first sea trials campaign on July 17 from Concarneau. 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