The contracting parties, KOTRA (Korean Agency for the Promotion of Trade and Investment, Daewoo International (a major international trading platforms China) and SIMA Peru (Peruvian state shipyard) have officially launched the project to build two multipurpose vessels for Peru Navy and valued at approximately $115 million and that the practice began with the laying of the keel of the first multipurpose vessel last July in the spring of SIMA shipyard shipbuilding. Multipurpose vessels and amphibious assault ships or landing platform dock , commissioned by the MGP have the primary objective of providing support to local and regional civilian population in case of natural disasters, such as in the earthquake in Pisco city in the August 2007. At that time, the media were transported more help just type the antiquated ships LST (Landing Ship Tank) Peruvian Navy. A second mission is to support peacekeeping missions of the United Nations, not forgetting its purpose as amphibious assault platform, for which it has by design with the ability to transport aboard armored vehicles, amphibians, marine completely equipped, landing craft and will have its own defense weaponry, among them Oto Melara cannon and two 76 mm anti-aircraft guns Oto Melara 40/70 mm.
The Korean shipyard design Dae Sun Shipbuilding is a class derived from Makassar , adapted to the requirements of the MGP. The construction project includes the construction of two units, which are expected to be sufficient to replace the four units LST Peruvian naval institution, as part of the larger project of modernization of the South American country's military cap