Incat Crowther announced the delivery of Cobia, a 24m Catamaran built by Aluminium Marine in Queensland, Australia to Cruise Whitsundays. Cobia is the fourth vessel utilising the new-generation 24m design, following on from Fantasea Sunrise, Freedom Sovereign and Riverside Avalon. The design, featuring modern sleek styling, efficient construction, and a robust and stable hull, has [...]
The delivery voyages of the tugs “Svitzer Neso” and “Svitzer Nixie” (5.915 BHP and a GT of 630) from Singapore to Newcastle, Australia were contracted by Svitzer to Redwise Maritime Services. The vessels departed Singapore April 15th 2013 and were redelivered May 6th following a safe voyage that took the vessels through the Java-, Flores-, [...]
A Tasmanian delegation of the state’s politicians, business and union leaders traveled to Canberra, on May 7th, and discussed their plans to secure Australian defence contracts for Tasmanian based shipbuilder Incat. The delegation, led by Federal Labor Candidate for Denison Jane Austin, Labor Senator Carol Brown and Incat Australia’s managing director Craig Clifford, met with the [...]
Austal has welcomed the release of Australia’s 2013 Defence White Paper and the Future Submarine Industry Skills Plan, noting that they foreshadowed a more conducive climate for Australian naval shipbuilding – including two significant patrol boat acquisition programs that lie firmly within Austal’s field of expertise. Austal Chief Executive Officer Andrew Bellamy said the announcements [...]
Evolution Commercial has launched the first of two Crew Transfer Catamarans, built to service the Oil and Gas industry at Barrow Island. The vessel was fully designed ready for cutting in just 10 days by One 2 Three Naval Architects and the “build to launch” time was only 13 weeks. The performance of this CTV [...]
Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly MP toured on April 30 the BAE Williamstown shipyard and Australia’s first Amphibious Assault Ship Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) NUSHIP Canberra. “BAE Systems Australia are the prime contractor for the LHD ships and are building the sizable superstructures, integrating the combat and communication systems, and finalising the internal [...]
Incat Crowther has been selected to design a 24m catamaran passenger ferry for Sealink. Construction of the aluminium vessel, to be operated by subsidiary Captain Cook Cruises, has commenced at Richardson Devine Marine in Tasmania. The vessel is designed to operate throughout Sydney Harbour with class-leading efficiency, seakeeping and robustness. Incat Crowther has worked closely [...]
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The future of the Melbourne-based Williamstown naval shipyard depends on the ability of the shipyard to keep the orders coming, since the company owner BAE Systems is considering closure or even scrapping of the shipyard if it fails to secure naval work beyond 2015, The Australian writes. Various steps are being discussed in order to [...]
Incat Crowther announced the launch of Kilimanjaro IV, a 45m passenger ferry for the African Operator Coastal Fast Ferries. The vessel capitalizes on the rapid growth in the operator’s passenger numbers, bringing the Coastal Fast Ferries’ fleet to seven successful Incat Crowther-designed vessels. A process of close cooperation between the builder, Richardson Devine Marine, operator [...]
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Incat Crowther has been awarded contracts to design a pair of new fast oilfield service vessels for Arpoador Engenharia in Brazil. The 36m vessel will meet the Petrobras type P2 specification and the 48m vessel will comply with the type UT4000 specification. 36m Monohull Crewboat The first of the two contracted vessel types is a [...]
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