First Ever Alnmaritec to Australia
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, UK, recently announced the successful delivery of a new general purpose line handling and harbour support work boat to Western Australia. The ‘Wave Train’ has been built for South Sea Logistics Ltd. based in Geraldton Western Australia. She is a customised version of the popular Wave Angler class of vessels from Alnmaritec and is the first boat that the company has ever sold to Australia.
‘Wave Train’ is an aluminium asymmetric catamaran 10.15 m long and 4.8 m wide with a displacement of around 11 t. She is fitted with twin 355bhp Cummins QSB diesel engines driving through conventional ZF Marine gearboxes to a pair of Hamilton 292 waterjets. These give her a top speed of 22 knots, a bollard pull of 2 t and truly exceptional manoeuvrability which make her ideally suited for close quarters work around the harbour. She carries a complement of three crew and six passengers in comfort within the air conditioned wheelhouse and she has a large working deck aft which is serviced by a Palfinger PK 2500 hydraulic knuckle boom crane and a 2 t hydraulic capstan.
South Sea Logistics was established in it’s home port of Geraldton in WA by Don & Maitland Woodcock to provide a range of maritime logistical services in the region. Upon arrival the Wave Train has immediately been leased from them by a major corporation in the iron ore sector based in Cape Lambert and she is currently being used for duties such as crew transfer, pilotage and line handling.