Workboat order first for company under new MD

A CUSTOM built workboat has been sold by Portchester-based Meercat Workboats '“ the first vessel under the company's new managing director.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Jun 2016, 05:53 BST

Fabrication is under way at Meercat’s Trafalgar Wharf facility, with Briggs Marine in Fife set to take to delivery later this year.

The sale of the 15.5m-long vessel is the second Meercat built for Briggs Marine and the sixth built by the business since Burgess Marine acquired Meercat Workboats in September 2014.

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It is the first under new managing director Jamie Lewis, who took over in May.

Mr Lewis said: ‘It’s been a real pleasure to work with Briggs Marine throughout the sale process.

‘They’ve chosen a fantastic specification and I’m sure that the vessel will prove not only to be fit-for-purpose in its immediate role but in its future supporting the ever expanding Briggs business.

‘She’s proven and reliable and we look forward to a timely handover.’

The workboat has a deck cargo capacity of 20 tonnes and it will have twin Doosan main engines and a BETA Marine 21kVA generator.

Go to meercatworkboats.com for more details.

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