Aegir breaks from the pack

摘要

Development of the Aegir family of tankers was initially stimulated by the prospect of orders to come from the UK's MARS (Military Afloat Reach Sustainability) project, looking to replace the main part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's underway replenishment ships. However, with the MARS project taking time to crystallise, the UK company has found another possible route to an order, having been selected over Damen and Rolls-Royce by Chilean yard Asmar as the technical partner charged with coming up with an auxiliary ship design concept for naval support duties.