Vosper Hovermarine, Southampton, England, has recently received an order for four of its new HM527 hovercraft—200-passenger ferries—from a new company, Sealink Ferries Ltd. of Hong Kong.
The ferries will operate at 36 knots on the 45-mile route between Hong Kong and Macau.
The value of the contract to Vosper Hovermarine is about $22 million and the four vessels will be delivered separately in August and December 1982, and in April and July 1983.
The company also has received an order from the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co. for 10 of its HM218 SES craft for ferry service between Hong Kong and Canton on the Chinese mainland. There are currently 20 hovercraft from Vosper operating 10 hours per day, 350 days per year in Hong Kong ferry service.
In addition to its recent completion of a prototype fireboat for the Tacoma Fire Department, Vosper Hovermarine has sold four similar fireboats to the Port of Rotterdam Authority, two ferries to the Jordan Valley Authority, three crewboats to Shell Oil-Venezuela, one crewboat to Aramco in the Arabian Gulf, and four crewboats to a Cayman Island company for use in the Gulf of Mexico.
The HM527 under construction at Vosper Hovermarine, Southampton, England—one of four destined for ferry service in Hong Kong.