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Gondan and Zamacona, the former having won an important contract for three 2 x 2,000-bhp vessels for

Belgian operator Union de

Remorquage et Sauvetage — with an option to extend the units or- dered to six. All three yards also share a seven-vessel order for the

Boluda Group, one of the most ac- tive tug and salvage companies in

Spain.

Zamacona, in addition, is now ready to deliver a hi-tech tug to

Yemen and has four 57-ft. (17.5-m) salvage boats to build for the Minis- try of Maritime Fishing & Merchant

Marine of Morocco.

The military market

Middle East operators continue to prove highly lucrative customers in the military sector helping to boost the healthy workload at Vosper

Thornycroft in the U.K., CMN and

DCN in France. Other interna- tional orders are in hand. The Bra- zilian Navy has ordered four coastal patrol boats from Peene Werft in

Germany (one delivered to date),

Leroux et Lotz is building two off- shore patrol vessels for Morocco and

Gondan in Spain has delivered two 208-ft. (63.5-m) landing craft to

Kenya.

Scandinavians have led the way in the pilot vessel sector with sig- nificant deliveries made by

Dockstavarvet (Sweden) and Linstol (Norway). Finnish yard Marine

Alutech has also had success with its Watercat range, which is prima- rily aimed at pilot duties but very adaptable for rescue, patrol and fast transport roles. The second deliv- ery in a possible six-vessel order has recently been made to the Finnish

Board of Navigation.

Further developments with the

Nelson marque enabled U.K. yard

Souter to secure a Crown Agent order on behalf of the Papua New

Guinea Harbours Board for two pi- lot boats to be delivered next spring.

The order is significant in that it is based on yet another Nelson hull type — the 38. Designer Arthur

Mursell has explained that, al- though naturally shorter than the 40, its displacement is about 10 per- cent higher due to its wider water- line beam and fuller aft sections.

Challenges have also been met by

German yard Fassmer which has delivered a total of five pilot boats to

North Sea operator Mecklenburg-

Vorpommern over the past 12 months. Of deep-V, semi-displace- ment type, they are based on a suc- cessful 65-ft. (19.8-m) police vessel design and feature anti-spray strips, a narrow waterline at full speed and sufficient stability to transfer pilots in Beaufort 10 conditions.

The fishing market

Yards which have traditionally specialized in building fishing ves- sels are becoming more export- minded as their own home industry faces difficulties. Although these

June, 1995 " Ask for your free demo disk and catalog. Gain the competitive edge. companies too often turn their ex- port attentions to countries which are similarly affected by an excess of boats chasing too few fish, the year has seen some significant de- liveries.

The renewal of the Irish fleet has attracted much attention from the

Norwegian yards with by far the most prestigious recent order being placed with Thos Hellesoy for

Veronica, a 390-ft. (106.3-m) factory trawler which has cost $40 million.

Now in operation from the Irish port of Killybegs, she is reportedly the largest and most modern vessel in the Irish fleet, and is equipped for fishing in both EU and international

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