The BDA-class ARC Golfo de Tribugá amphibious landing vessel on 28 April concluded a three-day visit to Panama, where the country's Servicio Aeronaval (SENAN) evaluated the class for possible procurement.
COTECMAR and the Colombian Navy intend to market the 625-tonne vessel to Caribbean, Central and South American states.
The Landing Craft Utility- (LCU-) type vessel was designed and built at the state-run COTECMAR shipyards in Cartagena and entered navy service in February.
Golfo de Tribugá is equipped with an 80 m marine crane and can accommodate different loads on its deck, including 12 20 ft containers, 250 marines, five ECF-class boats, two LPR-40-class armoured fast patrol boats, up to four EE-11 Urutu armoured personnel carriers, or 14,300 gallons of liquid.