Work on a 67-metre vehicle-passenger ferry catamaran for Virtu Ferries has fallen behind schedule at an Australian shipyard, it was reported last week.
AustraliaÂ's chronic shortage of skilled labour has forced Austal, the West Australian shipmaker, to turn its back on work worth up to $85million while it recruits staff from Croatia and South Africa.
Austal, which supplies patrol boats to the Royal Australian Navy and is on the verge of landing a...
Building of catamaran for Virtu Ferries ‘has fallen behind schedule’
Sun 21 Aug, 2005
| Posted in: Fast Ferry
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