Merry Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping and so on, all the way back to that partridge in a pear tree from day one of the old festive carol. But not here, as, for the fourth year in a […]
A fire department in California welcomes a response boat into service as a Finnish builder begins construction of a new class of patrol vessels for border guard use. Orders have meanwhile been placed for an emergency towing vessel that will serve outlying islands off Australia and an oil spill response craft that will serve communities […]
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Australian boatbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons (NRW) has handed over a new patrol vessel to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) for operations in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Barcoo utilises a proven NRW patrol boat hull design that also features modifications that...
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES), a preservation agency operating in the Australian state of Queensland, recently expanded its fleet of marine protection vessel with the acquisition of an aluminium catamaran landing craft built by compatriot shipbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons (NRW). Island Guardian will be operated by the Reef Joint Field […]
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Joint Field Management Program has recently taken delivery of a new high-speed low-draft landing craft from Brisbane-based boat builder Norman R. Wright & Sons.
Designed by Incat Crowther, the 21-meter vessel, the Island Guardian, has been designed specifically to allow the transportation of equipment and vehicles to remote areas of the reef. The landing craft can carry up to 7.5 tonnes of deck cargo including vehicles such as four-wheel...
Australian boatbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons (NRW) recently delivered a new catamaran workboat to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES). Tamoya I ..
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Joint Thai- and Australian-owned shipbuilder SeaCat Ships has delivered an expedition catamaran designed for luxury offshore cruises in the waters of the Great Barrier Re ..
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Ocean container shipping company ANL has announced that sea freight forwarder Mondiale VGL will be joining the Reef Recovery Program to assist in the restoration of The Great Barrier Reef. Every 20-foot container (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, TEU) from Mondiale VGL transported by ANL will see a contribution made to the Reef Recovery Program, which will directly support the Moore Reef Nursery.
Back in 2020 ANL...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/mondiale-vgl-to-join-anls-reef-recovery-program/
The captain and chief mate of a bulk carrier have been fined after pleading guilty to steering the ship through a protected area of the Great Barrier Reef. The incident…
Recently completed vessel deliveries include a hybrid ferry for a German operator, a new cruise ship for a US-based company, and two tour boats to customers in Australia ..
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