Three 9,000-gross-ton (gt) Pacificat fast ferries that were the unsuccessful product of Canada’s disastrous attempt to break into the fast-ferry market in the late 1990s could soon be making their debut in the offshore services sector.
Well-placed sources in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) say the giant jet-propelled catamarans Pacificat Discovery and Pacificat Explorer (both built 1999), together with sistership Pacificat Voyager (built 2000), are destined for a new role ferrying workers and supplies to oil rigs off the Egyptian coast.
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