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Gavron Limited won the bid for a NT$600 million contract to ... The Gibraltar-based consultancy won a bid to oversee the design of a new ... StayloggedinForgetpassword? Login Notyetamember？Register E-Mail 送出 返回登入頁 密碼設定成功，請使用新密碼登入  | Home Politics (PhotocourtesyofthePresidentialOffice) (PhotocourtesyofthePresidentialOffice) TAIPEI(TaiwanNews)—AU.S.nationaldefenseofficialexpressedskepticismaboutthecredentialsofGavronLimited,aconsultancyappointedtosupervisethedesignofTaiwan’snewdomestically-builtsubmarine,AppleDailyreports. TheGibraltar-basedconsultancywonabidtooverseethedesignofanewsubmarinebyTaiwanShipbuildingCorporation(CSBCTaiwan).CSBCTaiwanhasbeencontractedbytheTaiwaneseNavytoprovideanewvesselaspartofitsindigenousdefensesubmarine(IDS)program. TheinformationisbasedonwordofaTaiwanesescholarwhohadaprivateconversationwiththeU.S.official.Bothnameswereobscuredinthereport. AccordingtotheU.S.official,eventhoughGavronLimitedhasacquiredtheexportpermitissuedbyGibraltarauthoritiesthatallowsthecompanytoworkwithTaiwanasadesignconsultancyfortheproject,thepermitdoesnotguaranteethatGavronLimitediscapableofcarryingouttheNT$600million(US$19million)project.Heevensuggestedthecasecouldbefraudulent. TheofficialwasalsoworriedthatGavronLimitedmight,becauseofthecontract,acquireclassifiedinformationaboutCSBCTaiwan’sdesignforthesubmarine,whichcontainssystemsprovidedbytheUnitedStates. Lastweek,Taiwan’slawmakersalsoexpressedconcernoverthecredibilityofGavronLimitedanditsexportpermit,andaskedforfurtherverificationfromtheNavyduringalegislativesession. TheNavysaidonOct.11thatthecontractwithGavronLimitedisbeinghandledbytheCSBCTaiwan,whichchosethebestbidinaccordancewiththegovernment’sprocurementandbiddingregulations,andbyacommitteecomprisingTaiwaneseofficials,experts,andCSBCTaiwanrepresentatives. GavronLimitedCSBCCorporation Tweet TaiwanTVshowrevealsimageofsubmarinekeel-layingceremony 2021/12/0217:44 Taiwanholdskeel-layingceremonyforfirstindigenoussubmarine 2021/11/1616:02 Taiwanshipbuilderlaunchesgreencontainership 2021/10/0117:01 TaiwanNavylaunchesnewamphibioustransportdock 2021/04/1316:22 TaiwanNavy'sdomesticallyproducedtransportshiptobelaunchedthismonth 2021/04/1111:13 Updated:2022-03-2318:50GMT+08:00

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