Penguin International

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As a Singaporean, I certanly hope not to see a Singapore company producing boats for pirates. Let's hope this will not be true.

Flex boat is too high end for pirate. If they capture one, they probably will sell it for $$$.
Pirates will just take an old boat(preferable a very light boat) and mount two or three high performance engines.

Not sure whether this had been posted here..
http://www.maritime-executive.com/magazi...d-the-pond

According to an independent database, there were 183 midsized aluminum crewboats built in the last five years, 76 by Penguin International at its shipyards in Singapore and Indonesia. “At Penguin, we are building on our established Flex brand of crewboats to offer a range of vessels that perform a variety of offshore and security duties from Asia to Africa,” states James Tham, Managing Director of Penguin in Singapore.


I suppose the light arm patrol boats' demand is simply because of the heightened piracy concern especially in the west africa regions.
With 27 knots, these boats can outrun most pirates.