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HAWK V
Q-West has delivered another prime Teknicraft-designed, Scania driven, Hamilton Jet-powered patrol vessel.
KORORĀ – BEST FERRY (LOCAL) – AUSMARINE 2017 AWARDS
Q-West’s approach to building these vessels was to build craft that operate for a large amount of hours and to minimise the downtime and refit work for the future.
NEW ZEALAND WORK BOAT REVIEW
‘T R Healy Takes On The Job’ and ‘ Catching Up With The Aniolam Express’.
AORAKI REPOWER – PRACTICAL OPTION
The reason for the 10 year repower/refit on Aoraki was to extend the operational life by five year, improve the quality and standard of the vessel, improve fuel/maintenance efficiencies, improve emission standards and reliability – which included an overhaul of teh interior and exterior of the vessel.
ANIOLAM EXPRESS – BUILT TO SCARPER
The 13m ‘Aniolam Express’ is designed by Teknicraft Design Limited as a foil assisted passenger catamaran that will operate from the main workers’ villages on Komos 57nm, Kavieng 76nm, Namatanai 41nm and the mine site at Londolovit on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea.
NEW GENERATION ALLOY DUMP BARGE
The recent launching and delivery of a purpose built 1200 gross tonne spoil dump barge has certainly turned some heads.
‘T R HEALY’
Groundbreaking barge from New Zealand’s Q-West.
GOOD FORTUNE ON THE HORIZON
The launching this week of the biggest vessel Q-West Boat Builders has constructed has signalled the beginning of a boom year for the Wanganui company.
Q-WEST BOAT BUILDERS: A DIVERSE RANGE OF VESSELS WITH THE COMMONALITY OF QUALITY
New Zealand’s Q-West Boat Builders has a long and established history of producing commercial craft such as pilot and port vessels, many of which are still in use after two decades of continued operation.
TEKNICRAFT DIVERSIFIES ITS PORTFOLIO WITH THE DESIGN OF A FIRST-IN-ITS-CLASS ALUMINIUM SPLIT-HOPPER BARGE
Teknicraft Design is currently completing the design of a split-hopper barge under construction at Q-West Boat Builders in Wanganui, New Zealand.
SEAFOOD NEW ZEALAND – JULY 2012
Q-West Boat Builders: New boat for lobster fisher.
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL VISIT
ear 8 students at St George’s are visiting local businesses as part of a Humamities unit on trade.
Q-West boat builders