STM to build logistics support vessels for Portuguese Navy

Turkish shipbuilder STM has secured the contract to design and build two auxiliary oiler replenisher and logistics ships (AOR+) for the Portuguese Navy.
STM has had a productive Q4 2024, launching a new family of uncrewed underwater vehicles at SAHA Expo in October, and beginning to cut steel on the first of three corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy in December.

The award for that contract drew attention to the company earlier in the year, as the Malaysian work represented a shift from the country’s previous shipbuilding stalwart, the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.