Recent News

New Generation "New Gen" Design Range

Introducing the “New  Gen” (New Generation) design range. Theses design proposals have been prepared recently by the Sea Speed Team for forward thinking clients.  Stylish lines matched with the latest high performance hulls. The low profile is due to the wide beam of the vessels. Currently work is underway on the 24 x 9 Metre version to carry between 150 and 220 pax.

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New “Seacat 33” ordered for China.

A new Sea Speed Designed “Seacat 33” high speed ferry has been ordered for China operations. This is the seventh version of this fuel efferent 33 Metre hull to be built by Wang Tak Shipyard. Deckhouse layout is custom designed to suit 167 pax spaciously seated on the lower deck and 32 Pax in the upper VIP Lounge. New features on this version are the Mtu 12V Engines (1080K.W.) and Doen DJ 260 Water Jets with expected full load speed of over 27 knots. Click here for more information on theis vessel

18m Whale Watcher under construction

Construction is progressing well on the latest Sea Speed 18.2 M Whale Watching Boat destined for operation in Port Macquarie. The vessel is currently under construction at Marine Engineering Consultants P/L on the Gold Coast.

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New 12 m (44 pax) Glass Bottom Boat

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Another successfully Sea Speed design for the tourist industry is this 12Metre aluminium Coral Viewer. the design was supplied in kit form, the vessel carries up to 40 passengers and allows for viewing of the underwater reefs without getting wet.

Another 2 units, 33M ferries launched

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The latest Sea Speed 33m passenger catamaran design built in China and has been launched Sept 2009. Preliminary Sea trials have shown good results. More information to follow.

 

"Sea Cat 36" 36m Ferry delivered.

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"Ba Fang" is a Sea Speed 36m catamaran design built in China and was delivered in April 2009. This fuel efficient new high-speed catamaran ferry has proven to be a good solution for low cost operation with very low fuel burn. The loaded speed is over 27 knots which is very good considering she is only powered by twin MTU 16v2000 engines (1040 kw each).  A comfortable ride is achieved with the Sea Speed deep vee hulls also low vibration and the noise level are demonstrated on the main deck with readings of under 65dba.

This passenger space lay-out accommodates 194 Passengers on the main deck and 37 vip on the upper deck plus a private VIP room and 1 x 2 berth and 1 x 4 berth crew cabins.

Principal Dimensions   Length (loa) 35.60 Metres; Length (lwl) 33.12 Metres;  Beam 8.80 Metres; Depth 2.80 Metres; Draft 1.15 Metres; Class CCS (238 pax + 12 crew).

fuel 2 x 4000 ltr; Fresh Water 1 x 1000 ltr; Sullage 1 x 1000 ltr; Water Jets 2 x MJP 550.

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24 M Live-Aboard New Wave Cat for W.A.

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"Sea Speed" have designed a 24 Metre overnight Dive/Cruise Catamaran called "C-Quest" for West Australian and Kimberly coastal services.  The vessel was launched February 2009 in Brisbane and is for Suba-Aqua Enterprises who are replacing their existing monohull vessel with this purpose designed and built craft. The design allows for seasonal tourist services and also a research workboat operations. The boat design features include a large aft' mini-sub platform, and capability for heli pad on the sun deck.

Powered by twin Detroit S 60 (740 h.p.) diesel engines through Prop/Shaft and Mini-keels the top speed is over 25 knots and fuel efficient cruising speed is over 20 knots at around 80 liters per hour per engine. Other features include Twin 40 kva Zenith generators, fully air-conditioned, 2 x 5000 ltr long range fuel tanks, Sun Roof. Principal Dimensions   Length (loa) 24.90 Metres Length (lwl) 24.90 Metres  Beam 9.00 Metres Depth 2.45 Metres Draft 1.75 Metres Class USL Code 2B (12 pax + 4 crew) 1D (52 pax + 4 crew)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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New 42m/400 Pax Ferry For Shanghai

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"Dong Hai Lu Dai" was launched in December 2008 with excellent performance results.The 41.6 metre Seacat 400 pax high-speed catamaran features the super efficient seaspeed “deep vee” seacat hull and is a high passenger capacity commuter ferry for Shanghai waterways. Almost 300 passengers are on the lower deck with a comfortable seating arrangement of generous seat pitch and extra wide companionways. The area has a large servery/bar and the wash rooms are away from the seating. The upper deck is for 100 VIP passengers in a spacious saloon with three separate exclusive lounge rooms and boardrooms, featuring the latest in flat screen TVs and music systems. Powered by the twin MTU 12v 4000 engines (1740kw) and MJP 650 waterjets combination the full loaded speed is over 31 knots.

Length Overall :41.30 metres; Beam :11.72 metres; Depth :3.40 metres; Draft :1.15 metres; Type : Aluminium Passenger Catamaran; Class :China Classification Society Capacity :398 PAX Speed :31 Knots; Main Engine : 2x MTU12V4000M70 @1740kW; Gearbox :2 x ZF 4650
Waterjet :2 x MJP650DD; Generator :2x Dong Feng Cummins @100kW.

 

                                                                                                 

16m Aluminium Foil-Cat For Calypso Charters

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The new sea speed designed high-speed 16m dive catamaran project is complete. This vessel was designed using the latest foil technology from Murray Burns and Dovell coupled with Seafury surface drives to give substantial increase in speed and fuel economy.

This is the fourth vessel designed for Calypso Charters. Previous vessels were Eclipse (launched 2004), Eclipse (launched 2006) and Calypso (launched 2007). Repeat customers like Graham Jones show how successful these vessels are in operation as well as the owner's satisfaction with the performance of the designs.

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"Tusa 5" 24 Meter Dive Boat for "Tusa Dive"

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"Tusa V", a state of the art 24 meter day dive boat designed by Sea Speed was launched on Monday 27 Aug 2007 and has already started work in Cairns. It is powered by MTU Series 60s (496 kw @ 2300 rpm) providing super economical operation of around 80 liters per hour per engine at 20 - 21 knots cruising speed and over 26 knots top speed. This is 2 knots over the contract speed and the owners are very pleased with the vessel.

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Second Seacat 33 delivered for China/Hk service

Successfully completed sea trials for the second Sea Speed Sea Cat 33 design ("Xunlong 5") of two ferries to operate between Hong Kong and China the vessel was delivered on the 26th December 2007. Full load trial condition at 100% MCR Y2602 achieved 27.9 knots.Click here to see more.

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First 33 M Catamarans for Hong Kong/China

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"Xunlong 3" High Speed Aluminium catamaran Launched August 2007- The 33 metre aluminium ferry designs (2 units for the Hong Kong/Shenzen Run) are based on the proven 33 metre high speed cat launched in China early this year.  Click here to see more.

These are the CMCS deep-vee, hard chine hulls which are proving hard to match in both performance and fuel economy.

              

Click on the above two images Fast Ferry International Review

Quick Cat II featured in the February-March edition of Imprint magazine

Innovative new design allows easier wheelchair access. Click here to view the article.

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Sea Speed designs three new Crew Boat Catamarans for Five-boat order.

Queensland based designer Paul Birgan of Sea Speed Design created quite a stir at the recent Asian Shipping and Work Boat Exhibition in Singapore, with the signing of a five-vessel crew boat contract. The designs and kits were completed to meet Lloyds SSC requirements to meet the challenging operational requirements of the operators in Kazakhstan. This included low draft vessels that would have minimum operating speed of 25knots and the capability to operate in rough seas.

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First crew boat "Bue Tobol" in sea trials off Tangalooma, Moreton Island. 30 knots top speed which is 2 knots over original specification. Bue Tobol comfortably cruises on 25 knots. For more photos and info on the 18m Crew Boats click here.

The high speed, low draft vessels were designed by the team at Sea Speed and built by New Wave Catamarans. Four 18 meter Crew boats and a 12 meter Crew Boat support Catamaran which are all currently operational in the Caspian Sea in east European waters. Three of 18 meter vessels were powered by a pair of Caterpillar C18 diesel engines through to a pair of Doen DJ220 water jets with the vessels having a cruising speed of 25 knots. The fourth 18 meter vessel had a pair of Caterpillar 3412E engine giving the fourth vessel a top speed of 32 knots.The 12 meter Crew boat was be powered by a pair of Caterpillar C12 Diesel engines, also coupled to Doen DJ140 water jets and had a cruising speed of 25knots. Loaded draft of under 500mm. GA plan 18m CrewBoat