The first sea trials of a new pilot boat built by order of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority took place in Turkey.

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported on this.

The boat was built at a Turkish shipyard in Izmir with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the Economic Support for Ukraine project.

It is noted that this is the first of two boats built at a Turkish shipyard.

Sea trials of the second boat for Ukraine are scheduled for next month.

The USAID project’s Economic Support for Ukraine project provides for the purchase of a total of three new pilot boats for USPA.

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reminded that on May 2, they received the first pilot boat built by the Ukrainian company UMS Marine as part of this project.

In July, the United States donated 4 patrol boats to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Patrol boats are needed to protect Ukraine’s coastline, ports, and rivers.

The vessels are optimized for the mission in Ukraine and equipped with modern navigation, control, and video surveillance systems.

Ukrainian border guards also received patrol boats from the European Union as part of the project “Together with the EU to Secure Borders.”

These were UMS-425 CC boats manufactured by UMS. They can accommodate a crew of four and are equipped with life jackets and an echo sounder used to determine the depth of water under the vessel.