SUP production ceased a couple of years ago though production of Providers and Extenders have continued as the stock of SUP backbones is used up, however only a handful are left and are likely to be kept to fulfil outstanding export orders. Interestingly, NS still officially have both types still on sale.
The next generation transport platform will be the Modular Logistic Platform (MLP). Key to the design of MLP will be the relative ease of changing a ship's role by switching modules. An NS source said that for example a pure transport could be quickly reconfigured as an oiler if the need arises. MLP will have an e-Core engine and also worm drive support.
The first MLP ships could be built in 2126.
