Italian Fincantieri and Qatari Ministry of Defence-owned Barzan Holdings signed a letter of intent aimed at studying possible forms of cooperation in the coastal defence surveillance sector, through the implementation of new technologies and cutting-edge program management and maintenance services within the Qatari naval programs. 

The agreement was signed in Doha at DIMDEX 2018 fair by Angelo Fusco, Fincantieri Executive Vice President Naval Vessels Business Unit, and Abdulrahman Fakhro, Barzan Holdings' Director of Business Development. 

Fincantieri has recently established Fincantieri Services Middle East in Doha, which will be the focal point of all the services and after sales activities on the naval vessels of the Group in the country.