Richardson Devine Marine
Proprietary limited company | |
Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 1989[1] |
Headquarters | Hobart, Tasmania |
Products | Ferry catamarans, Work Boats |
Website | www.rdm.com.au |
Richardson Devine Marine are an Australian company, situated in Tasmania on Hobart's Derwent River. Hobart is the capital of Australia's island state.
They specialise in the manufacture of aluminium passenger ferry and cruise/charter vessels as well as commercial work boats.
A number of vessels are based on designs from Incat Crowther.[2] The company has also paired with Off Shore Unlimited[3] to produce a line of offshore working boats.
Multiple passenger vessels operate on Sydney Harbour, Sydney Australia, in the South West Tasmania World Heritage Wilderness Area, New Zealand, Japan and Zanzibar, Tanzania.[4]
The company has received some support form Austrade through Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme.
Awards
2009 Tasmanian Export Awards[5]
Records
A world waterskiing record of 114 Skiers by the Horsehead Water Ski Club on 28 March 2010 was set utilizing the vessel Eagle.[6]
This record was again broken utilizing the Eagle on 27 January 2012[7] with 145 skiers making the nautical mile journey.
Deliveries
Image | Hull No | Length | Latest name | Operator | Country | Class | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.5m | Matthew Flinders | Bass & Flinders Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
15m | George Bass | Inter Island Ferries (Aust) | Australia | PF | |||
23m | SeaMelbourne | Australia | PF | ||||
N/A | Australian Spirit | Australia | PF | ||||
N/A | Halicat | Australia | PF | [8] | |||
24m | Wanderer II | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
26m | Wanderer III | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
25m | Peppermint Bay I (Lady Jane Franklin) | Peppermint Bay Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
24m | Marana | Port Arthur Historic Site | Australia | PF | [9] | ||
29m | Adventurer | New Zealand | PF | ||||
32m | Lady Jane Franklin II | Gordon River Cruises | Australia | PF | [10] | ||
31m | Patea Explorer | Real Journeys | New Zealand | PF | |||
22m | Peppermint Bay II | Peppermint Bay Cruises | Australia | PF | [11] | ||
23m | Luminosa | Real Journeys | New Zealand | PF | |||
35m | Eagle | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | [12] | ||
32m | Discovery | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
32m | Premium Dream | 石垣島ドリーム観光 Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光 | Japan | PF | |||
048 | 24m | Unlimited | Australia | WB | [13] | ||
35m | Kilimanjaro | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [14] | ||
050 | 28.6m | Limitless | Australia | WB | |||
051 | 35m | Kilimanjaro II | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [15] | |
052 | 28m | Strait Shooter | Australia | WB | |||
053 | 45m | Cat Cocos Isle of La Digue | Inter Island Boats | Seychelles | PF | ||
054 | 38m | Kilimanjaro III | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [16] | |
055 | 35m | Outer Limit | Australia | WB | [17] | ||
056 | 26m | Cahaya Baru | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Cocos Islands | PF | [18] | |
057 | 45m | Kilimanjaro IV | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [19] | |
058 | 32m | Super Dream | Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光 | Japan | PF | ||
059 | 24m | Elizabeth Cook | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
060 | 24m | Mary Reibey | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
061 | 24m | Annabelle Rankin | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
062 | 39m | Kilimanjaro V | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [20] | |
063 | 24m | Violet McKenzie | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | [21] | |
45m | Ipipiri | Hauraki Blue Cruises | New Zealand | PF | [22] | ||
39m | Kilimanjaro VI | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | |||
35m | Harbour master | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | [23] | ||
As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.[24] http://www.soefart.dk/?art=6691
References
- ↑ "RICHARDSON DEVINE MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS PTY. LTD. ACN 009 578 394". ASIC. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Incat Crowther Products". Incat Crowther. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "welcome to offshore unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Marine Manufacturing". Brand Tasmania. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "SUCCESS STORY: RICHARDSON DEVINE MARINE". Austrade. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Our Boat". www.skirecord.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "World Water Ski Record". World Heritage Cruises. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Tasmanian Boat Builders and Ship Builders from the Register of Australian and New Zealand Vessels". Mori Flapan. 10 February 2005.
- ↑ "Port Arthur Memories Revisited". Port Arthur Historic Site. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Experience the Tasmanian Wilderness". Gordon River Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Peppermint Bay Cruise". Peppermint Bay Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "World Heritage Cruises". World Heritage Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Outer Limit". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "'Cahaya Baru' Ferry". Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Fourth Generation Vessel Joins Captain Cook Cruises Fleet". Sealink Travel Group. 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "About Ipipiri". Hauraki Blue Cruises. 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "New cat ready for wilderness debut". The Mercury Newspaper Tasmania. 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "heavy lift ship from Thorco be loaded with catamaran ferry". http://www.soefart.dk/. 26 March 2015. External link in
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