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Fine Entry Marine is a solely owned family run business that was founded in Geraldton, Western Australia in 1995 by Tim and Michelle Browne that has become a well renowned aluminium boat building company. Managing Director Tim is a qualified First-Class Welder/Engineer with over 40 year’s experience in aluminium boat building, vessel repairs, extensions and major refits that has earned him a reputation for building high performance, superior quality vessels.
He started his career with Millman Services for 5 years then went on to serve at Geraldton Boat Builders as a leading contractor for 9 years, during such time he successfully delivered vessels for Western Australian Fisheries, Victorian Department of Environment, Tasmania Police and the Royal Australian Navy before starting his own business in 1995.
We continue to build our reputation as a leading aluminium boat builder and repairer in regional Western Australia through our ‘Commitment to Excellence’ by ensuring our clients receive the best possible quality and service to suit each application.
"We've had 'Opah' for about 6 months now, she is running well, stable at rest, punches into a head sea with ease, the crew are spoilt. Fuel consumption is good, under 40Lph over a working day, 100Lph cruising at 18kn unloaded and about 130Lph at 18kn with full live tanks, 52 crates and 150 pots on the deck.
Great hull design by Global Marine Design. After sales service from Tim and the boys at Fine Entry has been great, outstanding in fact.
Thanks Tim, Michelle and and all the crew at Fine Entry Marine, I'm a happy boy."
In 25 years of operation Fine Entry Marine has constructed 30 vessels for clients from around Australia and overseas in the Oil & Gas, Charter, Fishing industries and Government agencies such as the Fremantle Port Authority and the Department of Police and Emergency Management. Fine Entry Marine were the first company in Western Australia to have successfully purpose built a work/crew vessel for Oil & Gas Industry in the North West of Australia in 2000. Our vessels are built tough, have proven track records in strength and reliability and they maintain their value.
Along with building new vessels, the last few years we have been busy refitting many ex-cray fishing vessels for the oil and gas industry and are now seeing a trend to convert them back to fishing again. This involves extensions, engineering, modifications, insulation, sullage systems, awnings, electrical, electronics and painting.
We work closely with Surveyors and Third-Party representatives to achieve a high standard of survey. We have previous experience with Lloyds, BV Survey, Indonesian Flag Survey and AMSA / NSCV – USL Code Survey.
Fine Entry Marine works closely alongside two independent vessel designers. Global Marine Design with whom we have many year’s experience working together and constructed a range of vessels for the Charter, Oil & Gas & Fishing Industries and Southerly Designs who supplied designs for the Pilot vessel ‘Berkeley Class’ for the Fremantle Port Authority and the Police Patrol Vessel ‘Cape Wickham’ for the Tasmania Police.
These two highly qualified designers are responsible for the design, drawings, stability, structural modifications, foundations, accommodations and performance of the vessels.
Our construction, refit and repair facility are located at Fisherman’s Wharf, Geraldton, Western Australia.
The factory is situated on a 3,000 square meter waterfront property and boasts a 40m x 30m (1,200 Square meters) construction hall that is professionally equipped to construct up to 30 to 40 metre vessels or a number of smaller vessels simultaneously. Adjacent to the constructed hall under the same roof we operate a fully equipped engineering and machine workshop with the capabilities to manufacture and fit up components alongside all our build projects.
We use state of the art welding machines with synchronized pulse MIG and TIG processes, CNC lathes, milling machines and have laser alignment facilities.
A large, undercover material control warehouse and secure equipment storage area is adjacent to the construction hall. Additional material storage areas are provided within the construction hall and onsite. The property also features a large 60 square meter administration building, 38-vehicle car park and amenities.
Fine Entry Marine has direct access to lift 200-tonne vessels with a maximum beam of 10.2 metres, with vessels only taking approximately 10 minutes to launch from our facility to the water.
In addition to our 3,000 square meter property Fine Entry Marine makes use of the adjoining 12,000 square meter hardstand, large paint spray facility and wash-down area.
Support services available at the wharf include main wharf approximately 98 metres in length, a fuel berth of approximately 55 metres and a service jetty 72 metres north of the wharf. Depths of water alongside wharf are a minimum of 4 metres to in excess of 6 metres. The wharf features three phase 440 volts AC 50 Hertz and Single Phase 250 volts AC 50 Hertz electric power, fuelling points, security and lighting.
Our modern administration building includes a fully networked boat building office. Administration staff have access to our VPN providing 24/7 access, which enable us to be of service to our Clients in different time zones throughout Australia anytime.
Our construction hall is overlooked by a massive 50 square meter conference / drawing room and an Intelligent Video Management System enables clients from different parts of Australia or the world to log in and see the progress of their build.
