VIKING says it will build the vessels entirely in Greece, where it has manufacturing facilities, for the Hellenic Coast Guard. The contract also offers an option for up to 7 more.
Sole source: VIKING Life-Saving Equipment says it signed the €23.8 million contract through its Greek company, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment Hellas. The firm order is for seven VIKING Norsafe Magnar 1950 high-speed patrol vessels; up to seven additional vessels are an option, not part of that order.
VIKING says Greece’s maritime affairs and insular policy minister, Vassilis Kikilias, signed the contract at the ministry in Athens at a ceremony attended by coast guard officials and VIKING representatives. VIKING’s announcement was dated 9 November 2026; it did not give a date for the signing ceremony.
VIKING says the vessels will support surveillance of Greek waters, maritime-border protection, fisheries control, and search and rescue. Kikilias said the goal is to make coast guard personnel’s work easier as they face current and future challenges.
The company says the purchase is funded by the Public Investment Programme through the co-financed Fisheries, Aquaculture and Sea 2021–2027 programme. It says deliveries are scheduled to begin within six to twelve months, with vessels handed over in succession.
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