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New Contract

Rapp Marine Selected for Icebreaker

Rapp Marine Group won the deck machinery and handling systems contract for Australia’s new

Antarctic Ice Breaker. The 156m long icebreaker will offer scientists unprecedented and extended access to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Replacing the Aurora Australis, which has been in service since 1989, the new icebreaker will be faster, larger, stronger and offer increased endur- ance. According to a fact sheet released by the

Australian Antarctic Division, the new icebreak- er will have an icebreaking capability of 1.65m at thtrr knots compared to the existing vessel’s 1.23m at 2.5 knots.

The vessel will supply Antarctic research sta- tions with cargo, equipment and personnel, and will serve as a research ship with extensive labora- tory facilities on board and a multi-beam bathy- metric echo sounder to enable sea? oor mapping.

The Australian Government signed the contract for Australia’s new icebreaker with the Australian

Image: Damen company DMS Maritime Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serco. The vessel will be designed tralian Antarctic Division (AAD) program for the ply ship is due to arrive in Australia, to its home and built by the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuild- next 30 years. The custom built research and sup- port of Hobart, in mid-2020.

ing, and it will form an integral part of the Aus-

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