Shipbuilding: US company Metal Shark wins contract to build patrol boat for Cameroon

US shipbuilder Metal Shark won a $1.197 million contract, about 691 million CFA francs, to supply Cameroon with a patrol boat and related equipment. The US Coast Guard awarded the contract to Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC, which sells its vessels under the Metal Shark brand; the order includes an approximately 11.6-metre 38 Defiant boat, a transport trailer, spare parts and operator training. The vessel will be built at the company’s plant in Jeanerette, Louisiana. The initial $1.144 million order was increased by nearly $53,000.