The Navy’s first Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) boat was officially named TAKAPU in a formal ceremony at Opua on 27 March. The ceremony marked a major milestone in the project, which entails local company Northland Spars and Rigging delivering two new REA boats to increase the Navy’s amphibious, diving, surveying and rapid response capabilities. The [...]
Auckland boatyard Yachting Developments has successfully completed sea trials and delivered Quintessential to her owner less than three weeks after launching. Also known as yard build number YD66, Quintessential is one of the largest composite sailing Superyacht catamarans on the planet, measuring 100ft (30.48m) in length and a staggering 48 feet (14.63m) in beam. The [...]
Leading electronics provider Kelvin Hughes has appointed global defence prime contractor Austal to lead its defence, border protection and paramilitary sales and support activities in Australia and New Zealand. The agreement will enable both companies to best support customers in Australasia. Under the agreement, Austal will sell and support Kelvin Hughes’ naval and marine products, [...]
MantaDigital™ multifunction displays from Kelvin Hughes specified for the largest yacht built in the southern hemisphere. Kelvin Hughes’ Auckland based New Zealand agent, Martronics Limited, has supplied a customised Kelvin Hughes integrated bridge system for a new 67m high-performance, ultra-luxurious ketch, Vertigo. The 837gt Vertigo is the largest yacht to have been built in the [...]
Catamaran yacht Q5 (hull YD66) developed by New Zealand – based yard Yachting Developments is a large volume cruising Super Catamaran currently under construction at Yachting Developments. The company is well on course for the launch in early June 2012. The exterior styling and superstructure was designed by Warwick Yacht Design, the interior by Redman Whiteley [...]
World leading waterjet manufacturer HamiltonJet has reached a significant production milestone with the recent completion of its 10,000th HJ212 waterjet model. This achievement cements the HJ212 as one of the world’s most popular waterjet models, and highlights the on-going popularity of shallow river boating both recreationally and commercially, both in NZ and around the world. [...]
Award winning shipyard Fitzroy Yachts has signed an order for a new 37.5m fast cruising sloop. Designed by Dubois Naval Architects, with an interior by Design Unlimited, the yacht is being built for European owners. The yacht, to be known by her hull number FY17, is an all aluminium design, with a fixed keel. She [...]
Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA has named the latest addition to its fleet MV Titania. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering, MV Titania with the length 227.8m is the largest vehicle and truck carrier in the world. The naming ceremony was held at the Grand Harbour with First Lady Margaret Abela naming the ship. LCTC (Large Car and [...]
New Zealand-based company Stark Bros, on February 21st, officially launched 16.8m Steel Fishing Trawler named FV LEGACY. Continuing the legacy theme, Elizabeth (Liz) Stark performed the official launching duties, the 2nd occasion on which she has had this honour. The vessel is designed with a single 330 HP engine running a Twindisc MC-5111 Deep Case Marine [...]
WASSP Ltd has appointment Stefan Richardson as its Development Manager to oversee the company’s multibeam sonar products. WASSP Ltd CEO Gareth Hodson said that Richardson has a tremendous amount of experience and passion around marine technology and holds a BSc 1st Class Hons in Marine Navigation with Technology from the University of Plymouth. “Stefan is [...]
