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NORWAY ?S MARITIME PARTNER AS OPTS FOR NAMJETMaritime Partner ASA?s MP 1111 FRDC TWJ (Fast Rescue Daughter Craft - Traktor Water Jet) is designed, built and equipped to comply with MSA`s regulations for the Norwegian Maritime Directorate?s requirements for Fast Rescue Craft for Offshore units. The builder is a globally recog- nized designer and supplier of work- boats, fast rescue boats, patrol boats and daughter craft in the range from 5-25 meters. A long time customer of NAMJet, Maritime Partner can offer a boat which few can match, primar- ily on the strength and versatility of the NAMJet propulsion system. The hull is built of marine alumi-num, fully planning with a deep V- bottom construction, suitable for high speeds. The superstructure is made either by marine aluminum or GRP sandwich construction, providing shelter and seating for six persons and one stretcher. MP 1111 FRDC TWJ is built to give maximum safety for the crew and is self righting. The hull is  lled with special foam with closed cells, and this makes the boat unsink-able. The strength of the hull and su- perstructure is suf cient to withstand all normal forces encountered under normal use offshore at maximum boat speed. The superstructure can be cus- tomized to carry up 35 persons. Signi cantly, the MP 111 FRDC is also built for towing loads of up to 8,000 kg. Typically, a utility boat has to pull a long boom ? sometimes 11 meters long. Combining the speed necessary for a fast rescue craft with the bollard pull of a utility boat might be a tricky proposition, were it not for the vessel?s twin NAMJet Traktorjet 431 waterjet pack.The craft is equipped with a lifting arrangement provided by Maritime Partners with an approved release hook for safe launch and recovery from the mother vessel/oil rig. And, because the vessel performs two tasks ? fast rescue standby and real workhorse tasks - the space savings on deck is impressive. WESTPLAST AS SELECTS NAMJET PROPULSION FOR SEISMIC VESSELSeparately, Norwegian shipbuilder Westplast AS has also chosen Arkan- sas-based NAMJet to provide propul- sion solutions for its newest seismic survey vessel, the WP950. Designed as a global support platform for oil and gas industry seismographic re- search, the WP950 ? like many work- boats ? also has a multi-missioned role www.marinelink.com MN 37MN May2013 Layout 32-49.indd 37MN May2013 Layout 32-49.indd 375/3/2013 12:56:29 PM5/3/2013 12:56:29 PM