WESMAR has shipped six of its large commercial bow thrusters for installation on three, 80-metre Ropax (Ro-Ro) vessels that will be working on a historic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.
The vessels are part of the Curtis Island LNG project and will be working off Curtis Island, near Gladstone, Queensland state. Two each of the six bow thruster systems will be installed on each Ropax vessel. The boats, with thrusters installed, will be delivered to Australia during the first quarter of 2012. The order is from Ultimate Marine Power, WESMAR's dealer on the Australian east coast. Located in Brisbane, Ultimate Marine Power sells to shipyards, commercial owners/operators, and naval architects, supplying specialised equipment along with technical advice and support.
The LNG project is reportedly one of Australia's largest capital infrastructure projects. It involves dozens of communities, hundreds of businesses and thousands of people throughout Queensland state, the rest of Australia and internationally. Australia's energy industry is making multibillion-dollar investments aimed at supporting domestic consumers and pioneering the development of coal seam gas into liquefied natural gas. Included in the project is the building of a 540-kilometre buried natural gas pipeline network linking the gas fields to Gladstone and constructing a natural gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, where the gas will be converted to LNG for export.
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