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Following ihe general maritime news and eight newbuild vesse! reviews, our Focus on Japan reveals some of the most important contributors to lhe contemporary Japanese maritime industry
Our summary of news germane to the passenger ferry, tourist and charter vessel sectors is followed by reviews of five of the very best new passenger vessels
Our roundup of advances in marine electronics highlights some important new breakthroughs in products for the maritime industry, followed by the latest developments in marine interiors from a range of suppliers and manufacturers
Alan hIaig-Brown examines the success of Thai-Norwegian venture A&S Thai W o r k s , which supplies fish meal and rendering equipment to plants throughout the world
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— The third utility vessel horn SBF for Swissco International'Borcos Tasneem 5 ' 14
— A 60m anchor-handling OSV from Fujian Crown Ocean'Bela7t B a r d k a l T ^
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— A 75m DP2 offshore maintenance vessel from Muhibbah Marine Engineering
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• — Balenciaga Shipyard delivers a FCV to support ADNOC' M a r i d i v e 3 6 ' 2 0
— A 48m AHTS from Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan for Maridive'Setia Budi' 2 2
— A multi-purpose 40m OSV from Coastal Contracts' Pleasant Engineering'African C a r i b e ' 2 4
— Yantai Raffles launches a 350-berth accommodation barge'Crest Radiant 1 ' 2 6
— A multi-purpose OSV for Asian actionFocus on Japan
'Scam Kabah'
— A Chinese built tug for Chile
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— N e w Zealand designed and built offshore crew boat
'Coastal Cat'
— Ireland's Mooney Boats launches a W metre survey catamaran
'Harvester' and 'Ocean Harvest'
— A Danish-built pair of seiner/trawlers for Scotland
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'Premium Dream' 4 4
— New 32-metre passenger cat for Ishigaki Dream Tours
'Popeye III' 4 6
— A "day cruise" passenger vessel for Corsica from Aurora, Dalian'Cayo Largo' and 'La Plena' 4 8
— Blount Boats delivers a ferry and a water taxi to the Puerto Rico Maritime Authority'Avalon Scenery' 4 9
— A Dutch-built cruiser for France's inland waterways' W i g h t Light' 5 0
— T w o of three Ro-Pax ferries for Wightlink launched in CroatiaAdvances in Marine Electronics
Developments in Vessel Interiors
A&S: A T h a i / N o r w e g i a n fusion
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M a i n picture: 'Belait B a r a k a h ' is a new 75-metre vessei from M a l a y s i a ' s M u h i b b a h M a r i n e Engineering, e n v i s a g e d as a DP2 offshore support a n d m a i n t e n a n c e vessel ( 1 6 ) .
Smaller pictures (left to right): Ishigaki D r e a m Tours f r o m J a p a n took d e l i v e r / of the g r o u n d - b r e a k i n g 'Premium D r e a m ' from Richardson Devine M a r i n e , A u s t r a l i a , in early September ( 4 4 ) ; The 5 0 . 2 9 m ' C o y o Largo' from Blount Boats v/os delivered to the Puerto Rico M a r i t i m e A u t h o r i t y v/ith a second 1 3 . 7 m vessel - 'Lo Plena' - as c a r g o ( 4 8 ) .
