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Richardson Devine Marine

Richardson Devine Marine is an Australian company, situated in Tasmania on Hobart's Derwent River.

Richardson Devine Marine
Company typeProprietary limited company
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1989[1]
HeadquartersHobart, Tasmania
ProductsFerry catamarans, Work Boats
Websitewww.rdm.com.au

The company specialises in the manufacture of aluminium passenger ferry and cruise/charter vessels as well as commercial work boats.[citation needed]

A number of vessels are based on designs from Incat Crowther.[2] The company has also paired with Off Shore Unlimited[3] to produce a line of offshore working boats.

Multiple passenger vessels operate on Sydney Harbour, Sydney Australia, in the South West Tasmania World Heritage Wilderness Area, New Zealand, Japan and Zanzibar, Tanzania.[4]

The company has received some support from Austrade through Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme.[citation needed]

Awards edit

2009 Tasmanian Export Awards[5]

Records edit

[relevant?]

A world waterskiing record of 114 Skiers by the Horsehead Water Ski Club on 28 March 2010 was set utilizing the vessel Eagle.[6]

This record was again broken utilizing the Eagle on 27 January 2012[7] with 145 skiers making the nautical mile journey.

Deliveries edit

Image Hull No Length Latest name Operator Country Class Notes
17.5m Matthew Flinders Bass & Flinders Cruises   Australia PF
15m George Bass Inter Island Ferries (Aust)   Australia PF
23m SeaMelbourne   Australia PF
N/A Australian Spirit   Australia PF
N/A Halicat   Australia PF [8]
24m Wanderer II World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF
26m Wanderer III World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF
25m Peppermint Bay I (Lady Jane Franklin) Peppermint Bay Cruises   Australia PF
24m Marana Port Arthur Historic Site   Australia PF [9]
29m Adventurer   New Zealand PF
32m Lady Jane Franklin II Gordon River Cruises   Australia PF [10]
31m Patea Explorer Real Journeys   New Zealand PF
22m Peppermint Bay II Peppermint Bay Cruises   Australia PF [11]
23m Luminosa Real Journeys   New Zealand PF
35m Eagle World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF [12]
32m Discovery World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF
32m Premium Dream 石垣島ドリーム観光 Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光   Japan PF
16m Cuttlefish Cuttlefish Cruises   Australia PF
048 24m Unlimited   Australia WB [13]
049 35m Kilimanjaro Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [14]
050 28.6m Limitless   Australia WB
051 35m Kilimanjaro II Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [14]
052 28m Strait Shooter   Australia WB
053 45m Cat Cocos Isle of La Digue Inter Island Boats   Seychelles PF
054 38m Kilimanjaro III Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [14]
055 35m Outer Limit   Australia WB [15]
056 26m Cahaya Baru Cocos (Keeling) Islands   Cocos Islands PF [16]
057 45m Kilimanjaro IV Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [14]
058 32m Super Dream Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光   Japan PF
059 24m Elizabeth Cook Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF
060 24m Mary Reibey Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF
061 24m Annabelle Rankin Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF
062 39m Kilimanjaro V Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [14]
063 24m Violet McKenzie Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF [17]
45m Ipipiri Hauraki Blue Cruises   New Zealand PF [18]
064 39m Kilimanjaro VI Azam Marine   Tanzania PF
065 35m Harbour Master World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF [19]
066 21m Sealink Tommy Lyons   Australia PF
067 Cockle Bay Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF
068 Blackwattle Bay Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF
069,070 21m Passenger Transfer Barges Harbour of Dar es Salaam   Tanzania WB [20]
071 26m Cat Cocos – Isle of La Digue Inter Island Boats   Seychelles PF
072 33m Spirit of the Wild Gordon River Cruises   Australia PF
073 45m Kilimanjaro VII Azam Marine   Tanzania PF UC
074 29m Freya (MR2) Mona   Australia PF
075 44.9m Bruny Island Ferry #1 SeaLink Travel Group   Australia VF
076 44.9m Bruny Island Ferry #2 SeaLink Travel Group   Australia VF
077 35m Harbour Master II World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF
078 53m Kilimanjaro VIII Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [21]
079 24m Odalisque III Tasmanian Expedition Cruises   Australia PF [22]
080 12m Daphne Work Barge   Australia PF [23]
081 24m Frances Bodkin Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
082 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
083 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
084 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
085 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
086 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]
087 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [24]

As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.[25]

References edit

  1. ^ "RICHARDSON DEVINE MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS PTY. LTD. ACN 009 578 394". ASIC. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Incat Crowther Products". Incat Crowther. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ^ "welcome to offshore unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Marine Manufacturing". Brand Tasmania. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ^ "SUCCESS STORY: RICHARDSON DEVINE MARINE". Austrade. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Our Boat". www.skirecord.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. ^ "World Water Ski Record". World Heritage Cruises. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Tasmanian Boat Builders and Ship Builders from the Register of Australian and New Zealand Vessels". Mori Flapan. 10 February 2005.
  9. ^ "Port Arthur Memories Revisited". Port Arthur Historic Site. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Experience the Tasmanian Wilderness". Gordon River Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Peppermint Bay Cruise". Peppermint Bay Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  12. ^ "World Heritage Cruises". World Heritage Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Outer Limit". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  16. ^ "'Cahaya Baru' Ferry". Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Fourth Generation Vessel Joins Captain Cook Cruises Fleet". Sealink Travel Group. 1 December 2014.
  18. ^ "About Ipipiri". Hauraki Blue Cruises. 1 December 2014.
  19. ^ "New cat ready for wilderness debut". The Mercury Newspaper Tasmania. 29 March 2016.
  20. ^ RDM069 AND RDM070 – PASSENGER TRANSFER BARGES Richardson Devine Marine 10 February 2017
  21. ^ RDM078 – ‘KILIMANJARO VIII’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 07 December 2022
  22. ^ RDM079 – ‘ODALISQUE III’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 10 January 2023
  23. ^ RDM080 – ‘DAPHNE’ 12M WORK BARGE FOR HOBART Richardson Devine Marine 05 April 2023
  24. ^ a b c d e f g RDM Awarded Contract to build 7 x 24M Passenger Ferries Richardson Devine Marine 26 June 2023
  25. ^ "heavy lift ship from Thorco be loaded with catamaran ferry". www.soefart.dk/. 26 March 2015.

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