The Wesmar V2-28-185 HP counter rotating dual-prop stainless steel bow thruster systems will be installed on the 187 ft MV Queenscliff<\/i>, a double ended ro-ro ferry that provides hourly service between the towns of Queensland and Sorento.<\/p>\n
The thrusters, which have been designed to withstand harsh weather conditions, will enhance the vessel\u2019s manouverability when operating in tight quarters and crowded harbours. They will also enable the Queenscliff <\/i>to stay steady at the dock, allowing fast, safe and efficient on and off loading of cars and passengers.<\/p>\n
Cary Jones, mechanical division president, Wesmar, told Maritime Journal: <\/em>“The Wesmar systems are actually replacing two non-Wesmar systems which were not performing to the owners\u2019 expectations. Installation is scheduled for June 2013.”<\/p>\n The vessel, which can accommodate 80 vehicles and 700 passengers, has been operating between the two cities since 1993.<\/p>\n Wesmar\u2019s bow thrusters have been installed on passenger and car ferries around the world, many of which are similar to the catamaran design of the Queenscliff. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US based marine technology company, Western Marine Electronics Inc (Wesmar), has secured an order from Australia\u2019s Hydraquip to install two commercial bow thruster systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-key-deals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions\/2367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}