Significant Small Ships
Editor: Angela Velasco
Significant Small Ships of 2009 includes a wide variety of the most innovative, trend-setting and interesting commercial craft up to 100m in length delivered in 2009 by ship and boatyards worldwide. Each vessel presentation comprises of a full page, with colour photograph, a detailed technical description, the main particulars in tabular form and a list of major suppliers.
Significant Small Ships of 2009
A selection of new buildings includes for this year's volume of Significant Small Ships include:
- Stril Mariner - a highly specialised platform supply vessel for Simon Møkster Shipping
- Willy T - impressive escort tug from Astilleros Zamakona in Spain
- Adams Challenge - 85m offshore support vessel built by Astilleros Balenciaga
- Farasan - a 69m high-speed vehicle/passenger ferry from Austal
- Star Commodore - new Z-Tech 7000 design tug from Cheoy Lee Shipyards
- Far Samson - powerful offshore multipurpose vessel designed by Rolls-Royce
- Mako Shark - first in series of ten patrol vessels for Singapore Police Coast Guard
- SD Eva - customised Sea Axe crew supplier vessel for Royal Navy
- NB 555 - high-speed utility interceptor craft from Dockstavarvet
- Carolyn Dorothy - innovative 'green' hybrid tug built by Foss Maritime
- WG Columbus - first inverted bow vessel to be built in Spain
Plus many more.
Significant Small Ships of 2009 provides a wealth of information in a readable format, and features approximately 28 of the most innovative and important commercial designs completed last year worldwide.
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