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Post by ferryfast admin on Feb 7, 2012 14:08:55 GMT -5
Austal gets $42m repeat ferry order
The West Australian February 7, 2012, 1:40 pm au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/wa/12835218/austal-gets-42m-repeat-ferry-order/
Shipbuilder Austal has won a repeat order to build a 35 million euro ($42.5 million) ferry for French Polynesian operator SNC Aremiti Ferry.
The 80-metre medium-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran will be the fourth Austal has sold to Aremiti and associated companies. It has a capacity for up to 967 passengers and up to 146 cars.
The vessel is expected to ply the same route as another Austal catamaran between the islands of Tahiti and Moorea at speeds of about 20 knots.
Austal chief executive Andrew Bellamy said he was happy to be welcoming Aremiti back as a customer and said the contract provided further evidence the company's strategy was working.
"Repeat business is the ultimate measure of customer satisfaction, and so it is particularly gratifying that our first two new contracts for the year have come from existing clients," he said.
"It is helping us to build upon our very substantial defence shipbuilding order book by securing orders from the commercial vessel sector."
Last month Austal signed a new contract for a 27m wind farm support vessel with Turbine Transfers, which already has three other vessels under construction at Austal. Austal shares closed down four cents at $2.01.
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SNC Aremiti Ferry. www.aremiti.pf/
Austal www.austal.com/
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