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MST unveils its new 10.5m Wheelhouse RIB at Seawork 2009 Print
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MST (Marine Specialised Technology) unveils its new 10.5m Wheelhouse RIB, a 620 WORKBOAT RIB (for the Pakistan Navy) and a high specification 5m craft at Seawork 2009.


Leading UK based RIB manufacturer MST (Marine Specialised Technology) is returning to Seawork in 2009 and is exhibiting some of its most recent (and exciting) models at the show.

Over the years, MST has won ever-increasing numbers of orders from Coastguard, Customs, Police and Military clients. And the craft being exhibited at Seawork demonstrate MST’s specialist design and production capabilities. The 10.5m Wheelhouse RIB will be at MST’s pontoon berth A53 and is the third of a five boat order placed by a Scandinavian client.

Powered by twin diesel Hamilton Waterjets, this 10.5 m craft is capable of 45 knots. The design incorporates a single point lift system for launching and retrieving. In addition, the craft has a 48 hour autonomy capability from its mother ship – so incorporates onboard accommodation for the crew with WC.

With the need for stability, speeds of 28 knots with ten people on board and 38 knots with two people on board and an all aluminium construction the 5m RIB on MST’s stand (166) had high specification demands to meet. Its clever flooding hull design provides the necessary exceptional stability at rest and MST’s special ‘hybrid’ collar system provides the sea keeping benefits of a traditional pneumatic collar combined with the durability and damage resistance of a solid foam collar.  The modular design provides easy maintenance and power comes from a Yamaha 100hp 4 stroke engine. The exhibited boat is the sixth of an order for ten.

Over and above bespoke projects MST offers a range of well proven craft and such an example is the ‘620 WORKBOAT’ RIB being exhibited. This 6.2m craft is the fourth in a production run destined for the Pakistan Navy. In total 8 will be supplied to be operated from the new F22P class Frigates currently in build from which they will be launched from twin fall davit systems. Powered by Volvo Penta D3 rated 190hp driving VP SX Sterndrives, the craft is capable of speeds of up to 37 knots.
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These prestigious contracts are yet another success story for MST, which has been one of the British marine industry’s leading lights since its inception in 2002. Its high-tech range of GRP, aluminium and advanced composite hulled RIBs (from 4.8 to 21m in length) has expanded and is winning a major share of the commercial RIB market. MST’s principal buyers are ‘business (or National Authority) to business’ – and Seawork has contributed to expanding this network.

MST recently expanded its manufacturing facility to over 20,000 sq.ft. and anticipates increasing its turnover to over £5million by mid 2009. MST – which currently has numerous active agents in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and the Pacific – has found exhibiting at Seawork to be an excellent way of further extending its sphere of activities and client base.