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ISSN 0954-3988 Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoii Published 1979-1988 as Higfi-Speed Surface Craft

Editor Alan Blunden Tel; 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278 Editorial Giles Clark Tel: 0580-713815 Fax: 0580-714927 Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

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January-February 1991

Vol 30 No 1

5 Orders and developments

13 First Batservice Verft Sea Lord 28s delivered

17 Austal Ships delivers first fast ferry

20 A large design for Westamarin's new yard

26 1990 Deliveries and orders

37 Southern operators look for future expansion

43 Hysucat development

Cover: Batservice Verft's first Sea Lord 28 catamaran, F j o r d d r o t t , carried its first fare paying passengers at the beginning of January

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Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil Published 1979-1988 as Higfi-Speed Surface Craft

Editor Alan Blunden Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278 Editorial Giles Clark Tel: 0580-713815 Fax: 0580-714927 Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

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March 1991

Vol 30 No 2

5 Orders and developments

13 First Red Funnel Solent catamaran delivered

17 Last CIRR 120P SES built in Norway

23 Cirrus preparing new SES ferry design

26 Fast ferry developments in Sweden

30 New hull form from Spain

33 A luxury fast ferry from Oceanfast

37 Fast ferries: A capital issue

Cover: Red Jet 1 undergoing sea trials in tiie Solent (Photograpii: Gilbert Hampton Photography)

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ISSN 0954-3988 Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil Published 1979-1988 as Higfi-Speed Surface Craft

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Vol 30 No 3

5 Orders and developments

11 First New York HM 221 fireboat hull shipped

13 Large Solent catamaran design from FBM Marine

15 Singapore Shipbuilding launches PRC catamaran

18 Service experience discussed at Italian conference

29 AutoShip Builder: The jewel in Coastdesign's crown

33 Hysucat development - part 2

Cover: The Rodriquez PT.50 Freccia Adriatica, owned and operated by Aliscafi SNAV, passing the medieval castle Castel Dell Ovo outward bound from Naples for Capri. The Castel Dell Ovo was the venue for the Symposium on High Speed Marine Vehicles in February

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ISSN 0954-3988

Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil Published 1979-1988 as High-Speed Surface Craft

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel; 081-549-1077 Fax: 081-547-2893

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May 1991

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30 No 4

5 Orders and developments

15 WaveMaster delivers third Jet Raider monohull

19 Second Austal catamaran enters service in PRC

22 Services continue to multiply in Naples

31 Japanese builders unveil new high speed designs

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4 1 Lloyd's Register issues provisional catamaran rules

Cover: Four Marinteknilc designs at Naples's Molo Bpverello port: Marinteknik Verkstads 34m catamaran Giunone Jet and Marinteknifc Verkstads 41m monohull Rosario Lauro operated by Alilauro and FBM Marine 4hn rfionoiiulis Capri Jet and Sorrento Jet operated by Navigazione Libera del Golfo

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June 1991

Vol 30 No 5

5 Orders and developments

13 Griffon completes first 3000TD hovercraft

17 What is a lightweight ship?

18 Preliminary details of Incat 86 released

Nortfi American representative Walter Wohleking PO Box 45, Greenlawn, New York 11740, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Fax: 516-423-5874

22 Condor 9 returns to service

25 Caremar and Siremar expand hydrofoil services

30 Marinteknik Verkstads building four engine catamaran

35 Financing the deal

37 Rapid growth of passenger traffic to and from the UK

Cover: One of a pair of Griffon 3000TD hovercraft delivered last month to an operator in Thailand by Griffon Hovercraft

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ISSN 0954-3988

Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil Publistied 1979-1988 as Higfi-Speed Surface Craft

Editor Alan Blunden Tel; 09274-27262 Fax; 0923-835278 Editorial Giles Clark Tel: 0580-240202 Fax; 0580-240098 Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel: 081-549-1077 Fax; 081-547-2893

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July-August 1991

Vol 30 No 6

5 Orders and developments

17 Tllle Sheepsbouw completes two catamarans

20 Two new designs from Rodriquez

Nortfi American representative Walter Wohleking PO Box 45, Greenlawn, New York 11740, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Fax: 516-423-5874

23 New projects detailed at Cruise + Ferry 91

29 Around the exhibitions: Cruise + Ferry and Nor-Shipping

34 Kv^rner Eureka launches bridge and propulsion systems

36 Austal delivers catamaran and unveils car ferry

Cover: Tlie beginning of July saw tiie start of sea trials for the Westfoil 25 hydrofoil in Washington

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Founded October 1961 as Hovering Craft and Hydrofoii Published 1979-1988 as High-Speed Surface Craft

Editor Alan Blunden Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278 Editoriai Giles Clark Tel: 0580-240202 Fax: 0580-240098 Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

IVliddlesex HA6 2YY, UK

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September 1991

Vol 30 No 7

5 Orders and developments

11 First Westamaran 4200S catamarans completed

15 Five new routes introduced in Denmark

North American representative Walter Wohleking PO Box 45, Greenlawn, New York 11740, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Fax; 516-423-5874

21 Incat Designs reviews wavepiercer experience

26 Cruise + Ferry: part 2

37 AMD finalizing AMD 91 wavepiercing design

Cover: Westamarin's first Westamaran 4200S catamaran on triais off the south coast of Norway tiiis simimer. The vessel was shipped to Japan in June

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October 1991

Vol 30 No 8

5 Orders and developments

17 Marine Court publishes accident report

22 Simplicity is the key to safety manuals

24 USSR reveals new fast ferry projects

36 A wide ranging approach from DnV

38 Trials of Karlskronavarvet stealth SES begin

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With a mere four weeks notice British Telecom has informed us that it will be clianging Alan Blunden's teleplione number. Please note that his new number is 0923 827262. His fax number remains unchanged.

Cover: AP.1-881100 iiovercraft N o r t h W i n d was shipped in the middle of September from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Russia. Ordered by the Northern Shipping Company,

it is to be operated in the far north on round trips from Archangel lasting two or tliree days. Hence the presence of the satellite communication system

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November 1991

Vol 30 No 9

5 Orders and developments

13 USSR fast ferry projects - Part 2

19 Fast '91 packs in the papers

Nortt) American representative Walter Wohleking PO Box 45, Greenlawn, . . New York 11740, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Fax: 516-423-5874

35 Two new catamarans for Fosen Trafikklag

Cover: Tlie second 29m catamaran completed by Harding Verft, Agdenes, entered service with Fosen Trafikklag in July

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December 1991

Vol 30 No 10

5 Orders and developments

13 Hoverspeed wavepiercers take over Channel routes

19 Two new European SES projects unveiled

23 Fast ferry and supply boat census 1991

47 MTU reviews fast ferry engine developments

51 Gas turbines in large high speed ferries

55 TFDS planning fast ferry replacements

60 Guidelines for evaluation of high speed craft

Cover: One new entrant in our biennial fast ferry and supply boat census is Royal Schelde's Seaswift 23 suiface effect ship Wight Prince which has been leased by Cowes Express since July for its Cowes-Southampton cross-Solent route

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Our eighth Fast Ferry Operators Direc-tory, after eight years we have finally managed to get the title right, contains just over 150 entries, virtually the same number as in the previous edition. However, the 629 vessels individually listed is 65 higher.

As usual, the directory contains de-tails of all the companies worldwide known to be operating fast ferries, or awaiting delivery, at the end of August plus their fleets and routes.

New operators, or companies re-stored to the listing following confirma-tion that they are still in business, total 29, the most notable of which include Aliscafi Scandinavia, Fast Ferries Siam,

Navigazione A l t a Italia, Nesodden Bundefjord, Royal Sealink Express and Stevns Linien.

The number of operators deleted totals 26, a few of whom have definitely closed down or withdrawn their fast ferries. Many have disappeared, though, because we have been unable to confirm that they are still operating. For the first time, companies have also been deleted because of external fac-tors. For obvious reasons, no Kuwaiti or Yugoslavian operators have been included this year.

Several companies missing because we could get no information about their current operational status are probably

still running and when their fleets are added to those included here, the num-ber of fast ferries in service outside the USSR exceèds 700 vessels.

For the purpose of the directory, a fast ferry is considered to be a craft able to carry a m.inimum of 50 passengers and having a full load speed capability of 25 knots. The operators are listed alphabetically with details of their fleets in date acquisition order. Where two dates are given, the first is the year of construction and the second is the year the vessel was introduced by the current operator. Details of multi-stop services are listed at the end of the directory. © 1991 High-Speed Surface Craft.

Pictured on the cover are die three Batservice Industrier Sea Lord 28 catamarans introduced in tlie past year by Rogaland Trafii<i:seisliap. Above, three of Naples's four major fast ferry operators represented by Caremar Rodriquez RHS 140 iiydrofoil, Navigazione Libera del Golfo FBM Marine Marinteicnii: 41m monolmli and Alilauro Marinteknii< Verkstads 41m monolmli. Below, a winter iine up of Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane Westamaran 86, Fjeilstrand Flying Cat 40m and Fjellstrand 38.8m catamarans being prepared for their journeys north from Bergen