# A Cape Town vessel builder launched a patrol vessel after heightened intercontinental demand for maritime defence and security solutions due to a reported three-year spike in piracy and armed conflicts. Paramount Maritime is a subsidiary to global aerospace and technology business Paramount Group. It launched its latest 35-metre Sentinel ballistic patrol vessel from Elliot Basin in the Cape Town harbour. Christened the ‘MV Meedoi’, the next-generation vessel is slated to be utilised for contemporary security and patrol operations within the Gulf of Guinea.