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AUSTRALIAN MARITIME UPDATE (Continued from page 116) driving KaMeWa 71SII Waterjets coupled to ZF BU755 gearboxes delivering a speed of 34.5 knots.

The new vessels feature an overall length of 131.6 ft. (40.1 m), a beam of 37.7 ft. (11.5 m) and a hull draft of approximately 4.4 ft. (1.35 m).

Austal's 29th vessel for China is being built for the Ahaoqing Hong

Kong Transportation Co. and will be ready for delivery next month.

Austal's second vessel to fly the

Japanese flag, Marine View, has a passenger capacity of 140 and will operate five return trips daily for

Kumamoto Ferry on a new route between Kumamoto City and

Hondo City in Amakusa. The 98.4- ft. (30-m) aluminum catamaran features the Ocean Leveller system and twin MTU 12V 396 TE74L diesel engines, driving Kamewa 56

S62/6 waterjets through ZF BU 465 gearboxes, delivering a speed of 33 knots. It has a 28.5-ft. (8.7- m) beam and a hull draft of 3.6-ft. (1.1 m), and its classification is JG (Japanese Government).

Peter Hopton has been appoint- ed business development manager of Austal's Fast Freight division, a new concept targeting premium freight based on Austal's fast ferry technology. In his new position,

Mr. Hopton will be dedicated to the marketing and development of the company's range of fast, 95- plus meter cargo catamarans.

Oceanfast Wins Carnival

Cruises Contract

Oceanfast Marine Pty. Ltd., locat- ed in western Australia, builds in all three major construction mate- rials (aluminum, steel and compos- ite fiberglass) in two main divi- sions: yacht and commercial. The company's yacht division focuses primarily on sizes over 114.8 ft. (35 m). Ferries tugs, trawlers and barges comprise the commercial division's main business. Its west

Australian yard facilities also include a repair and refit opera- tion, a stand-alone air conditioning and refrigeration business and a major machine shop and computer plate-cutting equipment.

Following the management buyout of the company earlier this year,

Oceanfast listed on the Australian

Stock Exchange — a first for any

Australian shipbuilder. The shares traded and settled at over the double the $0.50 opening price.

October, 1997

Earlier this year, Oceanfast signed a contract with Carnival

Cruises Pty. Ltd. to construct a 206.7-ft. (63-m) restaurant cruise vessel, scheduled for completion in

June 1998. The vessel, to be named Sydney 2000, is intended to cater to the anticipated tourist boom as a result of the 2000

Olympics being held in Sydney, and it will have a 600-passenger capacity and three separate restaurant decks.

The 114.8-ft. (35-m) custom pearl processing vessel Montoro-K was delivered in April to Broome Pearls

Pty. Ltd., a division of the M.G.

Kailis Group who operate exten- sive fishing and pearling opera- tions in western Australia's local waters. Scheduled for delivery to

Tahiti in December 1997 is the

Tamarii Moorea VIIIH, a 262.5-ft. (80-m) 20-knot, steel, RoRo passen- ger vessel for operation between

Papeete and the island of Moorea.

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