As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, based in Subic, is keen on designing and delivering the requirement of state-of-the-art small and big vessels for the Navy, the biggest beneficiary so far of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’s ongoing effort to modernize. “We would be interested to work together, to provide larger assets for the Navy,” said Propmech director Glenn Tong during a recent virtual briefing with military reporters, wherein the firm also provided a forecast for this year for the maritime industry.

Acosta, R. (2021, January 23). ‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program. Business Mirror, p. 1.