New high-speed ferry for Thailand

Australia’s Incat Crowther has signed a contract for the delivery of a design and aluminium kit with Sea Crest Marine in Thailand.

This new 29-metre catamaran ferry is to be built for Lomprayah High Speed Ferries Company. This vessel will be the third Incat Crowther aluminium kit to be built by Sea Crest Marine and follows closely behind a sistership vessel already under construction for Lomprayah. Incat Crowther’s aluminium kits provide complete aluminium flat packs containing all structural aluminium for the vessels construction. All plate is pre-cut and retained within the plate by strategically placed tags allowing the plate to be transported in sheet form. All parts are individually numbered and include centerlines and waterlines for placement. All extrusions are also supplied, cut to required lengths. These aluminium packs are particularly suited to new shipyards. The new ferry will run on their main route between Chumphon, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan and Koh Samui in The Gulf of Thailand. The new high speed catamaran ferry will be capable of carrying 380 passengers at a service speed of 27 knots fully loaded. The main cabin contains seating for 210 passengers with further seating for 75 in the vessel’s upper cabin. In addition there is a further 80 exterior seats behind the upper cabin plus the sun deck. The main propulsion machinery will consist of twin Caterpillar C32 main engines each producing 1,040kW. These will be directly coupled to ZF3050 reverse / reduction gearboxes driving five-bladed fixed pitch propellers. The vessel will be built locally at Sea Crest Marine shipyard located in Samutprakarn on the outskirts of Bangkok.
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