台灣部署兩艘最大級別巡邏船

A few weeks ago the NHK News on-line reported the following:

台湾 最大級の巡視船２隻を配備

6月6日 20時39分

台湾はこれまでで最大級の巡視船２隻を新たに配備して、馬英九総統が演習を視察し、領有権を巡って対立が続く南シナ海の問題などを念頭に、権益の確保に力を入れる姿勢を強調するねらいがあるとみられます。

台湾が新たに配備したのは海上警備当局の「海岸巡防署」に所属する総トン数３７００トン余りの巡視船２隻で、これまでで最大級です。
６日、南部の高雄の港で行われた就役式には馬英九総統が出席し、「海岸の巡視や漁民の保護に重大な意義がある」と述べ、大型の巡視船を配備した重要性を強調しました。
このあと、馬総統は新しい巡視船に乗って海上から演習の様子を視察しました。
演習は台湾の漁船が乗っ取られたという想定で行われ、漁船に見立てた巡視船からヘリコプターで乗組員を救助する動作を確認していました。
２隻は２０ミリと４０ミリの機関砲やヘリコプターが発着できる甲板を備えていて、周辺の海域で違法行為の取締りや救難活動などにも当たります。
台湾は対立が続く南シナ海の島々のほか、沖縄県の尖閣諸島についても領有権を主張していて、馬総統としては、こうしたことを念頭に海洋での権益の確保に力を入れる姿勢を強調するねらいがあるとみられます。

(試譯文)

Taiwan had newly deployed two patrol boats which were the largest up to now; president Ma Yingjiu inspected the training, and it could be thought that what was in mind was the aim to put effort to maintain the posture of securing the interest regarding the troubles in the South China Sea where confrontation was continuing over sovereign rights.

The two newly deployed patrol boats would be the biggest in Taiwan up to now, with a gross tonnage of about 3,700 tons that belonged to the"Coastal Patrol Department" of the Maritime Police authority.

On the 6^th (June) president Ma Yingjiu attended the commissioning ceremony held at Gaoxiong harbor in the south. He stated that "it has significance important for seashore inspection and fisherman protection" and stressed the importance in deploying large patrol boats.

After this, president Ma Yingjiu boarded a new patrol boat and inspected a drill from the sea.

Regarding the drill, a Taiwanese fishing boat was assumed to have been taken over. From a patrol boat which was likened to be the fishing boat, an operation in which crews from the boat were rescued by helicopter was inspected.

For the two boats, at the deck 20 millimeters and 40 millimeters machine guns were equipped; also helicopters could depart and arrive. It would be used to prevent law breaking activities and to carry out rescue missions at the surrounding sea area.

For Taiwan, in addition to islands in the South China Sea where confrontation was continuing, it also insisted on sovereignty rights over the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa prefecture. It could be thought that President Ma had in mind the aim to stress a posture in putting an emphasis on securing the interest at the ocean.

  It seems that Taiwan is keen to protect its territorial security by building bigger patrol boats.