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vessels operating with LSA MES installed" said Mr Grainger. Incat's first vessel 'Joint Venture HSV - XI' has cre- ated enormous interest for LSA, having circumnavigated the world as a show- case for Incat and associated equipment suppliers. The 'flow on effect' is already being experienced, with a steady stream of enquiries from various military appli- cations filtering through to the LSA

Hobart and European offices. In addi- tion to the Derecktor and Incat orders,

LSA have also secured an order to sup- ply MES to Western Australia ship- builder Austal Ships. The high-speed vessel will provide a new service route

Austal Ships

Austal Takes In New

Vehicle Ferry Business

Austal Ships won a contract for a 217 ft. (66-m) high speed vehicle-passenger cata- maran for a well-established ferry operator, bringing to 16 the total number of vessels under construction for the Austal group. "We are particularly pleased by this order as it is from a new customer and reinforces the fact that Austal continues to provide cost effective, tailored solutions for trans- portation requirements," said Austal's

Managing Director, Bob McKinnon. "The new vessel will be joining an existing fleet of ferries and we anticipate that its success will lead to more orders from this client in the future."

Due for delivery in August 2003, Auto

Express 66 is a 31-knot, 450-passenger, 69-car ferry with the capacity to configure for 110 lane maters of truck plus 37 cars.

In addition to this order, Austal Ships also has an 86-m vehicle-passenger catamaran ferry available for delivery in June/July 2003, a 42-knot (fully loaded) vessel with capacity for 774 passengers and 238 cars, or 10 trucks and fewer cars. In addition to the 66 and 86 m vehicle ferries, Austal

Ships is currently building two 69 m cruise yachts for Tahiti. Austal, together with its partner Defense Maritime Services, has recently submitted its final bid for the Royal

Australian Navy's SEA 1444 Replacement

Patrol Boat project. The preferred tenderer for this project will be announced in the first half of 2003. Austal USA, with the support of Austal Ships in Australia, is also currently pursuing military projects involving large multihulls, as well as having orders for three vessels for commercial operators. Another four catamarans in the 40 m range — two for Norway and two for Hong Kong — are being built by Image Marine.

Auto Express 66

Length, (o.a.) 217 ft. (66.2 m)

Waterline length (approx)193 ft (59 m)

Molded beam 59.7 ft. (18.2 m)

Hull depth (molded) 19.4 ft. (5.9 m)

Maximum hull dra ft8.2 ft. (2.5 m)

Passengers 450

Cars 69 (max)

Heavy vehicles 110 truck lane-m (plus 37 cars)

Main engines 2 x MAN B&W 18VP185 and 2 x MAN B&W 12VP185

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Waterjets (4) Kamewa

Speed 31 knots between Rochester and Toronto across

Lake Ontario, connecting the United

States and Canada. This will see the total number of U.S. ferries with LSA MES installed increase to seven. The order from Italian shipbuilder Rodriquez is the fifth order for LSA equipment installed on their high-speed monohull designed vessels and consists of four MES and five liferafts for delivery in March 2003.

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