Marine Log - September 2007 - (Page 24) HIGH SPEED CRAFT meet its delivery schedule for all vessels to be in operation in 2007 and 2008. Since signing the contract last November, Austal has been stepping up implementation of Advanced Ship Building (ASB) design and construction techniques. With the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on The Cotai Strip due to officially open on Aug. 28, Austal CEO Steve Murdoch said the company was extremely proud to be able to launch the first vessel so soon after winning the contract. To enable ferry transport support to be made available as soon as the new Pac On Ferry Terminal is available in Macao, the first vessel is scheduled to leave Austal’s Henderson shipyard on Sept. 24, ahead of the remaining vessels, which will follow in multiples. The Hong Kong to Macao service is already the world’s largest ferry route in terms of passenger numbers. ML ICE CLASS TANKERS FIRST SUPERFERRY ARRIVES IN HAWAII uilt at Austal U.S.A.’s Mobile, Alabama, facility, the 107 m Auto Express catamaran Alakai is the largest aluminum ship built to date in the U.S. It has now arrived in Hawaii after earlier completing sea trials in which it achieved 40 knots (two knots above contractual requirements) at 90% MCR with operating deadweight onboard and an installed active Ride Control System. The ferry consistently averaged 42.5 knots at B 100% MCR during the course of trials. Hawaii Superferry will use Alakai and a sister ship to establish Hawaii’s first high-speed vehicle-passenger service. Each catamaran can carry 866 passengers and up to 282 cars (or a combination of 28 twelve meter trucks and 65 cars) and provide services connecting Honolulu to Maui and Kauai in three hours and from Honolulu to the Big Island in approximately four hours. 24 MARINE LOG SEPTEMBER 2007 www.marinelog.com http://www.marinesafety.com http://www.marinesafety.com http://www.marinelog.com
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