Richardson Devine Marine

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

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

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

2009 Tasmanian Export Awards[5]

Records

[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

Image Hull No Length Latest name Operator Country Class Notes
17.5m Matthew Flinders Manly Fast Ferry  Australia PF
15m George Bass Inter Island Ferries (Aust)  Australia PF
23m SeaMelbourne  Australia PF
Australian Spirit  Australia PF
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 Carpentaria Contracting  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 (Nairana) SeaLink Travel Group  Australia VF [30]
076 44.9m Bruny Island Ferry #2 (Parrabah) SeaLink Travel Group  Australia VF [31]
077 35m Harbour Master II World Heritage Cruises  Australia PF [32]
078 53m Kilimanjaro VIII Azam Marine  Tanzania PF [33]
079 24m Odalisque III Tasmanian Expedition Cruises  Australia PF [34]
080 12m Daphne Work Barge  Australia PF [35]
081 24m Frances Bodkin Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
082 24m John Nutt Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
083 24m Isobel Bennett Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
084 24m Martin Green Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
085 24m Ruby Payne-Scott Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
086 24m Norman Selfe Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
087 24m Jack Mundey Sydney Ferries  Australia Parramatta [36]
088 35m Strait Shooter II Carpentaria Contracting  Australia WB [37]

As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.[38]

References

  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. 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. ^ RDM075 – Bruny Island Ferry #1 Richardson Devine Marine
  31. ^ RDM076 – Bruny Island Ferry #2 Richardson Devine Marine
  32. ^ RDM077- Harbour Master II for Tasmania’s west coast Richardson Devine Marine
  33. ^ RDM078 – ‘KILIMANJARO VIII’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 07 December 2022
  34. ^ RDM079 – ‘ODALISQUE III’ LAUNCHED Richardson Devine Marine 10 January 2023
  35. ^ RDM080 – ‘DAPHNE’ 12M WORK BARGE FOR HOBART Richardson Devine Marine 05 April 2023
  36. ^ a b c d e f g RDM Awarded Contract to build 7 x 24M Passenger Ferries Richardson Devine Marine 26 June 2023
  37. ^ RDM088 – Strait Shooter II – 35m Utility Service Vessel Contract Signed Richardson Devine Marine 11 October 2024
  38. ^ "heavy lift ship from Thorco be loaded with catamaran ferry". www.soefart.dk/. 26 March 2015.