Marine Engineering
Consultants of Coomera has
been awarded a contract
to build a second 24m long
range aluminium patrol
vessel for Queensland’s
Department of National
Parks, Recreation, Sport andRacing.
The new vessel is to fulfil
the day-to-day management
role of the Great Barrier
Reef World Heritage Area –
performing a range of tasks
including; marine protected
area management, islandnational park management,
compliance operations,
incident response, diving
operations and research.
Based in Gladstone, it will
operate throughout the
Queensland Coast and
Great Barrier Reef waters toA design from Sydney naval
architecture firm One2three
has been selected for a new
shipbuilding project in the
United Kingdom.
Wight Shipyard Co has
been contracted to build a
21m passenger catamaran
that will join the Jacobite
Cruises fl eet on Loch Ness.
Designed by One2three
the hullform of the new
catamaran is designed
to provide through-life
effi ciency with low structural
weight assisting lower fuel
consumption.
The new catamaran
will accommodate 200passengers. The aft deck
will seat 13 passengers
while the foredeck will have
15 seats. Passengers will
enter a large central space
with seating arrangements
for 102 passengers. A
spacious café/kiosk will
provide refreshments and
snacks. Four toilets will
be located at the rear of
the accommodation, one
of which is for disabled
customers. Outdoor seating
will be provided for 84
passengers on the upper
deck aft of the elevated
wheelhouse.TUG UNDERGOES
EMERGENCY REPAIRS
Harrap Marine Industries
has released details about
emergency repairs it
undertook on the tug SL
Kullaroo earlier this year.
The 30.25m harbour
tug was damaged in
an incident in which it
collided with another
tug while operating
in Gladstone in June.
Following on from that SL
Kullaroo steamed down
to be lifted from the water
at The Yard Brisbane to
undergo works by Harrap
Marine Industries.Repair works
included removal and
reinstatement of winches
and mast; major hull
repair to the aff ected
areas including blasting
and painting; and internal
repairs to aff ected cabins,
scantling, bulkheads,
piping, linings and
lagging. Owner SMIT
Marine Australia took the
opportunity to complete
scheduled docking tasks
which were conducted
throughout the same time
frame as the repair.One2three cat
for Loch Ness
the extent of the Exclusive
Economic Zone. Much of
the vessel’s work will be in
remote areas of the Great
Barrier Reef.
It is expected the new
vessel will operate at sea
between 220-270 days per
year, with up to 16 persons
on board for overnight trips
and up to 28 persons on day
trips.
MEC was awarded the
contract, which has a total
value of $6.586 million, at
the end of October. Incat
Crowther had earlier been
awarded a government
contract to prepare a
preliminary design package
for the vessel.
Incat Crowther and
MEC were the designer
and builder of Reef Ranger
(pictured), a 24m catamaran
patrol vessel which wasMEC gets another reef cat
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