Mustang Marine nets £3.6m contract

UK-based Mustang Marine is to build three new pilot boats for the Port Milford Haven as part of a £3.6m contract.

Mustang build three 19m pilot boats at its deep-water facility at Pembroke Dock. The vessels, designed by Camarc Design, will have a maximum speed of 14 knots and capacity for 12 persons. They are similar in design to the ‘Picton’ delivered to the same customer in 2008.

“Mustang Marine has an enviable track record of delivering high quality pilot vessels,” said Stewart Graves, managing director, Mustang Marine. “This is a business critical project for Milford haven Port, and we’re committed to delivering a high value service and precisely engineered outcome.

The vessels are designed to be used extensively in heavy weather, capable of operating in swells up to 5m in wave height, and are expected to withstand 1,000 vessel impacts over a duty cycle of 2,500 hours on average every year.

The contract is one of a number of orders Mustang Marine is currently working on in what has been a busy start to 2015, having completed a broad range of workboat and marine renewable energy device orders over the second half of 2014.

In addition to the three new pilot boats, Mustang Marine is currently building a BMT Nigel Gee windfarm support vessel for Ynys Mon Windfarm Vessels. The firm has also been busy carrying out a number of maintenance and repair works from its five slipways, two of which are covered.

Based in West Wales, the company has already increased its workforce to 54 people over the last nine months and are now looking to recruit new workers in a number of skilled positions to meet an increased demand.