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fast ferry news Austal acquires former FBMA yard
Australia-based shipbuilder, Austal, has bought the former FBMA shipyard in Cebu, the Philippines, as part of its strategy to regionalise its manufacturing base for commercial vessels. The US$7 million acquisition enables Austal to establish shipbuilding operations at the West Cebu Industrial Park at Balamban, and it will invest a further US$5 million to enhance the yard’s existing facilities. Austal plans to start vessel
construction in first quarter 2012, and expects to employ about 30 workers during the start-up phase. The facility will primarily construct small- and medium- sized aluminium passenger ferries,
A Barbados-based consortium has won a contract to operate a fast ferry service between Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia and Barbados. Barbadian transport minister, Devant Maharaj, reported that Fast Caribbean Ltd will charter a 112m wave piercing catamaran from British company,
Chinese yard East Asia Composites has delivered a 13.9m catamaran for the America’s Cup Race Management to function as both a spectator vessel and course marker for the yacht race series. Designed by One2three Naval Architects of Australia, America allows a large stable viewing platform to position spectators and camera
38 I Passenger Ship Technology I Spring 2012
Austal’s new Filipino yard will regionalise its manufacturing base
workboats and transfer vessels. Austal is retaining its large
commercial vessel manufacturing capability in Australia and this yard is currently constructing a 41m high speed aluminium passenger ferry for the New Caledonian operations of global mining company, Vale. Due for delivery in May 2012, Vale Grand Sud will transport the company’s 1,000 strong workforce between
New Caribbean service to begin this year Montrose Global.
Mr Maharaj said the operator has proposed to provide 100,000 seats per year at US$10 a ticket, though nationals of Trinidad and Tobago may have to pay up to US$35. The service should commence before the end of the year.
Spectator cat gives good yacht race views
crews close to the action in a comfortable setting. Twin Volvo Penta IPS450 azimuthing drives provide dynamic positioning to set the location of course markers and two D4 engines from the same manufacturer produce 191kW at 3,500 rpm. The vessel can accommodate 13 passengers and two crew and reach speeds of 28 knots.
Noumea and the Goro mine site’s Prony Port.
The high speed catamaran will
have the capacity to carry up to 439 passengers at 37.5 knots with journey time expected to be less than an hour each way. Powered by four MTU 16V 2000 M72 main engines, the vessel also features four Reintjes VLJ 730 gearboxes and four Rolls- Royce Kamewa 56A3 waterjets.
Chinese partnership to produce sightseeing ferry
Liuzhou Yinliu Hotel Management has contracted Afai Southern Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, to build a 35m luxury city sightseeing ferry. The aluminium vessel will have a beam of 8.6m, capacity for 100 passengers and will be deployed on the Liujiang River in 2013. Furthermore, in February
the yard delivered a 34m ferry to Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping. Xunlong 5 is the first of a pair of aluminium catamarans for this operator and will sail mainly around the Pearl River mouth between Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Daya Bay and Dapeng Bay. Xunlong 5 can accommodate 188 passengers and is powered by twin engines and waterjets.
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