As 2024 comes to a close, Macduff Ship Design is proud to celebrate the delivery of several exceptional vessels to their new owners. This milestone underscores the company’s commitment to innovation and quality, as well as its strong collaboration with customers and partners on these projects.
“We want to extend our gratitude to our customers and partners for their trust and collaboration,” said Ian Ellis at Macduff Ship Design Ltd. “This year’s accomplishments would not have been possible without their support and dedication to excellence.”
The year has seen a huge amount of development in a range of new builds and we are looking forward to a busy start to 2025 with a number of vessels expected to be delivered in the first few months of 2025.
MV ‘Police’: Delivered by Atlantis Marine of Turkey to Dutch owners, this 13m harbour workboat/tug marked the start of the year.
Two 14m Line Handling Harbour Workboats: Completed by Cheoy Lee Shipyards,. The vessels designed specifically for Cheoy Lee Shipyards to complement their standard range of tugs and workboats were completed and delivered to local owners.
‘AQS Trym’: An 18.5m Catamaran aquaculture service boat was delivered by TRX Marine of Turkey to AQS AS in Norway. The vessel was developed with close cooperation between the owners, Macduff Ship Design and Skagen Ship Consulting. The design incorporated an electric drive train, driven by a large battery pack, with 2 backup generators. The boat also boasts an impressive deck machinery package supplied by SHM to support aquaculture service with bespoke equipment for the vessel’s operations including double drum anchor / towing winch, pop up pins, sharks jaw and stern roller, alongside 2 Palfinger PK 150002M marine cranes.
‘Eternal Promise’: A 20m fishing trawler was completed by Macduff Shipyards for local owners. The design development saw close cooperation between the teams at Macduff Ship Design, and Macduff Shipyards, in developing the new design vessel. Close attention was paid to optimising the hull form, for improved towing performance, coupled with higher cruising speed, and lower fuel consumption..
‘Arthur Douglas’: A21m landing craft style workboat with port offset wheelhouse and twin cranes to starboard was delivered by Nauplius Workboats to its owner Inverlussa Marine Services of Scotland. This was the third sister vessel built to the same design but at different shipyards for the Isle of Mull based aquaculture service company.
‘Forever Faithful’: A 22.75m fishing trawler completed by Macduff Shipyards for local owners. This followed a similar development trend as the smaller vessel completed by Macduff Shipyards with careful attention paid to a new hull design, with work from Wolfson unit in Southampton leading to the final hull form.
‘Righ Na Mara’: A 24m Landing Craft style workboat with port offset wheelhouse and twin cranes to starboard. The vessel was delivered by Macduff Shipyards to its owners Bakkafrost to provide support within their salmon farming business. This vessel was the second of this successful design built for the same owners
Macduff Ship Design Ltd is poised for another exciting year, with several vessels scheduled for delivery in the first months of 2025. The company remains steadfast in its commitment to providing high-quality, innovative vessel designs that meet the evolving needs of its clients.
