Contents Fast Ferry International, Volume 28, 1989

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ISSN 0954-3988

Founded October 1961 as

Hovering Craft and hiydrofoil

Published 1979-1988 as

tiigti-Speed Sudace Craft

Editor

Alan Blunden

Editoriai Address

24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

Middlesex HA6 2YY, UK Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278 Telex: 291561 VIASOS G

Advertisement Manager

David Woodgate

Advertisement & Subscription Office

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January-February 1989

Vol 28 No 1

5 Orders and developments

11 1988 Deliveries and orders

North American Representatives

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25 Annual Macau traffic approaches 12. million

29 Hi-Speed Ferries optimistic about future

31 Hong Kong Macao Hydrofoil's 41 m catamarans

34 Marinteknik Verkstads celebrates 20th anniversary

36 International High Performance Vehicle Conference

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Fast Ferry International

After 197 issues of Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil and 68 issues of

High-Speed Surface Craft, this is the first issue of Fast Ferry International.

Apart from a different title and layout, however, little else has changed.

As explained in the past two issues of High-Speed Surface Craft, a new

title has been adopted, as U was ten years ago, to more accurately reflect

the editorial content.

Fast Ferry International will not only concentrate on fast ferries though.

The magazine will continue to report on all high speed aspects of the

commercial marine world, including crewboats and charter vessels,

relevant low speed and naval activities, and all hovercraft and hydrofoil

developments.

Just like High-Speed Surface Craft. Except more frequently. Apart from

January and July, Fast Ferry International will be published in the middle

of every month. So it's really just more of the same!

Cover photograph: The first Marinjet 41 CPV built by Marinteknik Verkstads, seen

here during trials in Sweden, is the latest craft to be introduced on the Hong

Kong-Macau route

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Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil

High-Speed Sudace Craft

Editor

Alan Blunden

Editorial Address

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March 1989 Vol 28 No 2

Advedisement Manager David Woodgate

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Advanced Marine Systems Associates, Box 119, Huntington, New York 11743, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Telex: 4992541 AMSA Ul

5 Orders and developments

10 Quicksilver Connections introduces 37m wavepiercer

14 HYF increases HM 218 utilization

16 Discovery Bay Transportation expands fleet

20 Ceres Hydrofoils develops Sporades network

24 Dodecanese Hydrofoils doubles fleet

26 International High Performance Vehicle Conference

32 SWATH passenger ship developments

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Fast Ferry International Is also

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Cover photograph: Quicksilver V , the first Incat 37m wavepiercing catamaran delivered to Quicksilver Connections by NQEA Australia, should have completed a promotional journey around Australia by the time this is read

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ISSN 0954-3988

Editor

Alan Blunden

Editorial Address

David Woodgate

69 Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, U K Tel: 01-549-1077 Fax: 0923-835278 Telex: 291561 VIASOS G

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April 1989

Vol 28 No 3

5 Orders and developments

8 New SES ferry in service in the PRC

11 Chaconsa delivers SES testcraft

15 UK operators carry over 5 million passengers

16 Condor orders 49m wavepiercing catamaran

23 Another record year for Hoverspeed

27 Hovertravel introduces first AP. 1 -88/100

30 Red Funnel hydrofoil traffic takes off

32 Sealink's catamarans reverse traffic decline

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36 Financial restructuring for Thames Line

Fast Ferry International is also

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Cover photograph: Mantegna, the latest RHS 160F hydrofoil delivered by Rodriguez

Cantieri Navail, has joined RHS 160F Masaccio on SIREMAR's services between

Milazzo, on the northeast coast of Sicily, and the Eolian Islands. This summer, the

210-seat vessel is to be transferred to a new route linking south-western Sicily and

Lampedusa.

SIREMAR's parent company, the Tirrenia Group, has now introduced five RHS

160Fs and is due to take delivery of a sixth, SIREMAR's third, this summer. One of

the other three is operated in north-western Italy by TOREMAR and two out of Napoli

by CAREMAR.

The craft are classed '100 A-1.1 by the Registro Italiano Navale. Overall length is

31.2m, beam is 6.7m, width across the foils is 12.6m and foilborne draught is 1.7m.

The W-shape foils are hollow welded Nicuage steel. Powered by two MTU 16V 396

TB83s, maximum speed is 37 knots and cruising speed is 34 knots. Auxiliary power is

provided by two 220v 50Hz SOkVA AC generators driven off the main diesels. At 34

knots, fuel consumption is 500 kg an hour and lube oil consumption is 2.4 kg per hour

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High-Speed Sudace Craft Editor Alan Blunden Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

David Woodgate

advertisement & Subscription Office

69 Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel: 01-549-1077 Fax: 01-547-2893 Telex: 291561 VIASOS G

Nodh American Representatives

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May 1989

Vol 28 No 4

5 Orders and developments

10 New SES designs from Hovermarine International

16 PRC services continue to multiply

25 Tourism boosts fast ferry traffic in Singapore

30 Shell Eastern's scheduled crewboat service

33 New projects revealed at Rescue Hovercraft seminar

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1989 High-Speed Surface Craft Ltd

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Cover photograph: The latest, and possibly last, Hovermarine 218 surface effect ship launched by Hovermarine International operating in a choppy Southampton Water before being shipped to Turkey last month

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ISSN 0954-3988

Published 1979-1988 a s

Higti-Speed Sudace Craft

Editor

Alan Blunden

Editorial Address

Advedisement Manager

David Woodgate

Advedisement & Subscription Office

69 Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel: 01-549-1077 Fax: 01-547 2893 Telex: 291561 VIASOS G

Nortfi American Representatives

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Fasf Ferry International is also available in microform from: University Microfilms International, 300 N. Zeeb Road,

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June 1989

Vol 28 No 5

5 Orders and developments

12 Aluminium Shipbuilders launches Incat water taxi

14 First Fjellstrand 40m catamaran ordered

20 Five trans-Atlantic record attempts announced

25 Kawasaki Heavy Industries delivers first Jetfoil

29 Hovercraft from the North Yorkshire Moors

34 Quicksilver 1/circumnavigates Australia

37 Equipment review

Cover photograph: The latest 38.8m catamaran completed by Fjellstrand, Ilia

Esparadell, is due to enter service this month in Spain

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Higti-Speed Sudace Craft Editor Alan Blunden Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

IVliddlesex HA6 2YY, UK Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278

David Woodgate

69 Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel: 01-549-1077 Fax: 01-547-2893

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July-August 1989

Vol 28 No 6

5 Orders and developments

10 First Ranger hovercraft delivered in Australia

12 New projects announced at Nor-Shipping

24 Fast ferries discussed at Cruise + Ferry

33 Three hectic days in Washington DC

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)1989 High-Speed Surface Craft Ltd

Cover photograph: The first Ranger hovercraft buih by Delta Hover during trials in New South Wales, Australia, in July

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ISSN 0954-3988

Published 1979-1988 a s

Editor

Alan Blunden

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Advedisement Manager

David Woodgate

69 Kings Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5JB, UK Tel: 01-549-1077 Fax: 01-547-2893 Telex: 291561 VIASOS G

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September 1989

Vol 28 No 7

Orders and developments

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11 _{Australia to Yugoslavia the difficult way}

(Via the Suez Canal)

20 Fast ferry directory 1989

Cover photograph: The 26 hydrofoils, catamarans and monohulls operated in Italy by AUlauro Aliscafi del Tirreno and its associate companies now constitute the largest fast ferry fleet outside the USSR. One ofthe company's ten Sormovo Kometas is seen

leaving Napoli

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High-Speed Surface Craft

Editoriai Alan Blunden Giles Clark Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

Middlesex HA6 2YY, UK Tel: 09274-27262 Fax; 0923-835278

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Advanced Marine Systems Associates, Box 119, Huntington, New York 11743, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Telex; 4992541 AMSA Ul

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October 1989

Vol 28 No 8

5 Orders and developments

10 Austal Ships delivers first catamaran

12 New services introduced in Denmark

17 Hovertransport reintroduces Oslofjord service

20 Marinteknik Verkstads moves towards mini-cruise market

25 Kompas expands fast ferry services

31 Linee Lauro introduces medium speed monohulls

32 Three hectic days in Washington DC revisited

37 Fast ferry directory 1989

Cover photograph: This year has marked the start of what promises to be a massive fast ferry acquisition programme by Compania Transmediterranea. Delivered in August, M a r r a j o is the third Rodriguez RHS160F, and f i f t h hydrofoil, to enter service with the Spanish operator in the past 18 months

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ISSN 0954-3988

High-Speed Surface Craft

Editorial Alan Blunden Giles Clarl< Editoriai Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

Middlesex HA6 2YY, UK Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278

David Woodgate

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November 1989

Vol 28 No 9

5 Orders and developments

10 Istanbul's fast ferry service two years on

Advanced Marine Systems Associates, Box 119, Huntington, New Yorl< 11743, USA Tel: 516-754-9041 Telex: 4992541 AMSA Ul

14 Record year for Rodriquez deliveries

18 The latest RHS 150 hydrofoils

25 WaveMaster International delivers first catamaran

29 Virtu Rapid Ferries introduces fourth SES

36 Malta's domestic surface effect ship operator

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Cover photograph: Istanbul Deniz Otobiisleri has now been operating its complete fleet of ten Fjellstrand 38.8m catamarans for a year. Nine routes have so far been

introduced and the addition of more services and vessels is currently being actively considered

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Higfi-Speed Sudace Craft

Editorial Alan Blunden Giles Clarl< Editorial Address 24 Leaf Close, Northwood,

Middlesex HA6 2YY, UK Tel: 09274-27262 Fax: 0923-835278

David Woodgate

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December 1989

Vol 28 No 10

5 Orders and developments

13 First FBM Marine FDC 400 on trials

19 Fast ferry and supply boat census 1989

40 Royal Schelde SES in production

43 New designs from Griffon Hovercraft

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Printed by W r O g ^ C M S London and Ashfotd, Kent

Cover photograph: The first Fast Displacement Catamaran 400 built by FBM Marine,

Patria, on trials in the Solent before delivery to Regiao Autonoma da Madeira

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