Austal Ships predicted a strong future for fast ferries in a paper written by Austal Ships chairman John Rothwell and presented by managing director Bob McKinnon at the Ausmarine 2002 Conference held in Fremantle, Western Australia, last month: "We feel that there is a definite future for fast ferries, both in existing and new markets, and with both current and future technology. There are also opportunities for fast ferry platforms in new applications.
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