Philippine to deploy Bikolod City Class ship in a Zian China naval exercise Manila, the Philippine Navy, PN, will likely deploy one of its two Bikolod City Class logistic support vessels in the Zian China naval exercise scheduled October 22-29 in John Ziong People's Republic of China, PN flag officer in command, Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, said that BRP Bikolod City LC 550 or its sister ship BRP DaGu Pan City LC 5501 will be deployed in the naval maneuvers off John Ziong later this month Ice and cargo ship-ing iPad all on that and LC 550 out of 551 we will send one cargo ship It's either the LC 550 or 551, Empedrad said in an interview The Bikolod City Class logistic support vessel has a displacement of 4,265 tons at full load at 273 feet long has a draft of 12 feet and a top speed of 12 knots It was commissioned in PN services in the 1990s The exercise will focus primarily on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and interoperability among participating naval ships Iyada Earlier, Defense spokesperson Arsenio and Olong said the proposal for a joy to Zian in Chinese naval exercise was submitted during the Zian Defense Minister meeting in Singapore last February Iyada that the exercise would center on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, H-A-B-R, and Annie Piracy and Improvement of the Conduct of Unplanned Encounters at Z-Cuse source PNA.gov.ph Thank you for watching and hearing the latest military news. Keep up to date with the latest military news on the update defense channel. Hope you enjoy it