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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
32m Discovery World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF
16m Cuttlefish Cuttlefish Cruises   Australia PF
045 35m Eagle World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF [12]
046 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
047 45m Ipipiri Hauraki Blue Cruises   New Zealand PF [13]
048 24m Unlimited   Australia WB [14]
049 35m Kilimanjaro Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [15]
050 28.6m Limitless   Australia WB
051 35m Kilimanjaro II Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [15]
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 [15]
055 35m Outer Limit   Australia WB [16]
056 26m Cahaya Baru Cocos (Keeling) Islands   Cocos Islands PF [17]
057 45m Kilimanjaro IV Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [15]
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 [18]
061 24m Annabelle Rankin Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF [19]
062 39m Kilimanjaro V Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [15]
063 24m Violet McKenzie Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF [20]
064 39m Kilimanjaro VI Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [21]
065 35m Harbour Master World Heritage Cruises   Australia PF [22]
066 21m Sealink Tommy Lyons   Australia PF [23]
067 12m Cockle Bay Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF [24]
068 12m Blackwattle Bay Captain Cook Cruises   Australia PF [24]
069,070 21m Passenger Transfer Barges Harbour of Dar es Salaam   Tanzania WB [25]
071 26m Cat Cocos – Isle of La Digue Inter Island Boats   Seychelles PF [26]
072 33m Spirit of the Wild Gordon River Cruises   Australia PF [27]
073 45m Kilimanjaro VII Azam Marine   Tanzania PF [28]
074 29m Freya (MR2) Mona   Australia PF [29]
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 [30]
079 24m Odalisque III Tasmanian Expedition Cruises   Australia PF [31]
080 12m Daphne Work Barge   Australia PF [32]
081 24m Frances Bodkin Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
082 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
083 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
084 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
085 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
086 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]
087 24m TBA Sydney Ferries   Australia Parramatta [33]

As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.[34]

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. ^ "About Ipipiri". Hauraki Blue Cruises. 1 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Outer Limit". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  17. ^ "'Cahaya Baru' Ferry". Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  18. ^ MARY REIBEY DELIVERED FOR SERVICE ON SYDNEY HARBOUR Richardson Devine Marine 1 May 2014
  19. ^ 24M ANNABELLE RANKIN DELIVERED INTO IMMEDIATE SYDNEY SERVICE Richardson Devine Marine 8 July 2014
  20. ^ "Fourth Generation Vessel Joins Captain Cook Cruises Fleet". Sealink Travel Group. 1 December 2014.
  21. ^ CONTRACT SIGNED FOR KILIMANJARO VI – A NEAR SISTER TO KV Richardson Devine Marine 8 January 2015
  22. ^ "New cat ready for wilderness debut". The Mercury Newspaper Tasmania. 29 March 2016.
  23. ^ SEALINK PLACES ORDER FOR TWO FERRIES FOR SYDNEY HARBOUR Richardson Devine Marine 8 July 2016
  24. ^ a b CAPTAIN COOK CRUISES’ NEW BOATS ARRIVE SYDNEY HARBOUR Richardson Devine Marine 15 January 2017
  25. ^ RDM069 AND RDM070 – PASSENGER TRANSFER BARGES Richardson Devine Marine 10 February 2017
  26. ^ RDM071 CAT COCOS – ISLE OF LA DIGUE * OPERATING AT SEYCHELLES Richardson Devine Marine 14 March 2018
  27. ^ RDM072 “SPIRIT OF THE WILD” LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 26 March 2018
  28. ^ RDM073 – ‘KILIMANJARO VII’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 19 June 2019
  29. ^ RDM074 – ‘FREYA’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 20 December 2018
  30. ^ RDM078 – ‘KILIMANJARO VIII’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 07 December 2022
  31. ^ RDM079 – ‘ODALISQUE III’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 10 January 2023
  32. ^ RDM080 – ‘DAPHNE’ 12M WORK BARGE FOR HOBART Richardson Devine Marine 05 April 2023
  33. ^ a b c d e f g RDM Awarded Contract to build 7 x 24M Passenger Ferries Richardson Devine Marine 26 June 2023
  34. ^ "heavy lift ship from Thorco be loaded with catamaran ferry". www.soefart.dk/. 26 March 2015.

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