In late September, officials from the Government of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Fire Department, and China Pacific Marine, Ltd. visited Neoteric to conduct stringent performance evaluations on the Fire Department's newly manufactured 6-passenger Neoteric Rescue Hovertrek prior to its shipment to China.
China Pacific Marine, Ltd., Neoteric's agent in Hong Kong who organized the purchase, is a renowned firm with more than four decades’ experience providing marine products to both government and the private sector.
The special features of the Hong Kong Fire Department’s Neoteric Hovertrek 6-passenger Rescue Deluxe include a cabin, VHF marine radio, GPS system, 400,000 candle power searchlight, 8 pound anchor, two glove boxes, two paddle/boat hooks, a spare parts kit and a roll-on/roll-off trailer for easy transport ...
From left: Mr. Don Chow, Director of China Pacific Marine, and Chris Fitzgerald, President of Neoteric Hovercraft, along with the ship inspector for the Marine Division of the Government of Hong Kong and an official from the Hong Kong Fire Department are geared up to launch the hovercraft on the Wabash River in Terre Haute ...
The special features of the Hong Kong Fire Department’s Neoteric Hovertrek 6-passenger Rescue Deluxe include a cabin, VHF marine radio, GPS system, 400,000 candle power searchlight, 8 pound anchor, two glove boxes, two paddle/boat hooks, a spare parts kit and a roll-on/roll-off trailer for easy transport ...
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The day's strict performance evaluations included: forward and backward speed; weight and payload capacity; noise levels; and operation of all systems including fuel and electrical systems.Should any one of the tests not meet the criteria of the Hong Kong Government, the order would be cancelled ...
At the end of a successful day of testing, Neoteric met and surpassed all the specific governmental standards and the Hong Kong Fire Department's new rescue hovercraft was soon loaded into a shipping container to make its way to China ...
