Significant Small Ships

Editor: Cheryl Saponia

Significant Small Ships describesa wide variety of the most innovative, trend-setting and interesting commercial craft up to 100m in length delivered last year by ship and boatyards worldwide. Each vessel presentation comprises 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 2005

Significant Small Ships of 2005 includes newbuildings such as :

Sea Helper , first of class workboat from Coastal Marine Boatbuilders, for Aberdeenshire Council. Sirocco , is a first of class newbuild South Catamaran 42/13m alloy wind farm service vessel for Danbrit Ship Management Ltd, of Grimsby, from South Boats Ltd .
Borcus Firdaus 1 , the first of four offshore supply vessels, for Syarikat Borcos Shipping Sdn Bhd by Strategic Marine Pty Ltd.
Bute , a ro-ro passenger ferry for Caladonian Macbride Ltd from Gdańsk Shiprepair yard Remontowa.
Sea Fighter , this vessel is the first of a new class of ships FSF-1, from Nichols Brothers Boatbuilders, for the US Navy.
Fairmount Sherpa , the world's most powerful tug, built for MPC Scheepsfounds Fairmount Sherpa BV and Fairmount
Marine BV for worldwide long distance deep-sea ocean towing, built by Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair, in Japan .
Harsted , new coastguard vessel for management roles, built by Aker's Søviknes yard, in west Norway , the vessel is owned by Remøy Shipping.
Plus many more.

Significant Small Ships 2005 provides a wealth of info rmation in a readable format, and features a total of 27 of the most innovative and important commercial designs completed last year worldwide.