New Boat Builds and Retrofits

Partnering with the best boat builders and engineering firms to deliver reliable, safe and innovative motion and control engineering systems and components.

With decades of proven performance FPS are chosen partners to established, leading and world-class boat builders across New Zealand – we are chosen time-and-time-again to deliver the highest quality motion and control engineering solutions for the fishing, aquaculture and maritime industries.

At FPS we HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO:

  • Design, build and install complete motion and control systems for fishing, aquaculture and maritime industries on new and existing boats.

  • Integrate leading safety systems across your hydraulically driven systems. These systems provide proactive and reactive integrated safety systems that safeguard and protect your people like we haven’t seen before.

  • Refit existing boats to improve performance, safety, efficiency, and environmental impact.

  • Marinise components (adapting components for marine use) to increase their life and performance. Because in the harsh marine environment, components need to last.

  • Design, build and install components or systems into existing motion and control applications.

  • Offer sought out motion and control engineering design expertise.

We are your one-stop motion and control engineering firm, we have the staff, expertise, and skills to deliver as a project partner.

We complement our superior system design skills with accredited marinised systems and a range of other customised marinised products to offer unrivaled performance, quality, and durability.

Our marinised products are manufactured in our Nelson, New Zealand workshop, initially developed to meet the needs of some of the country’s leading maritime companies.

See below for just some of the boat building partnerships we are proud to be part of.

Q-West Boat Builders

Q-West Boat Builders combine passion, design and technology with the highest quality manufacturing and project management to result in performance-driven vessels. From their base in Whanganui, they deliver boats around NZ and the world.

Q-West is dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality vessels and exceeding the expectations of a global market. They are more than a manufacturing business specialising in steel and aluminum marine construction, they have grown on the back of the strategy of quality, building the best and tailoring every inch of the boats we build to our customers’ requirements.

See the Vanguard, a project we partnered with Q-West on, in action below:

Profab Central Engineering

From concept to creation. 

The team at PROFAB have an exemplary track record on craft ranging from 7-metre monohulls to 32-metre super yachts, and beyond.  At Profab, they are proud to have well-established relationships with some of New Zealand's best designers, covering everything from luxury super yachts to heavy-duty work boats. Everything they produce is built with some of New Zealand's most challenging waters in mind.

See Clearwater Resolution, a project we partnered with PROFAB Central Engineering on, below:

See below for just some of the refits we HAVE BEEN part of

The pelorus Image - HAVELOCK

Blue Revolution - TASMANIA

Complete, customisable, safety systems for safer operating environments.  

This precise hydraulic regulation and control of systems on your vessel can now be leveraged to provide safety measures that significantly increase operational safety - to a level not yet seen by industry.  

The accredited FPS SAFE STOP Safety System - designed, developed, and manufactured by FPS in Nelson, New Zealand, provides proactive and reactive integrated safety systems that safeguard people like never before.

With the SAFE STOP system, you can limit user error and protect staff with mechanically automated hydraulic stop valves and complementary (or independent) safety modules, built into a customised system, integrated into the hydraulics and components that drive your factory, machinery or work boat.  

With this system, you have more control over safety on your vessel. And more control means more safety. 

Developed initially for the marine industry by FPS’ industry leading hydraulic engineers, using one-of-a-kind, tested and accredited FPS marine-grade hydraulic engineering technology, these modules and valves can be built into a customised SAFE STOP safety system and integrated into your existing or new system, depending on your safety needs.  

Designed initially and manufactured in stainless steel for reliability in the harsh marine environment; to protect New Zealand marine farmers and factory workers from harm, this safeguarding system is also manufactured in standard materials for below deck install.  

CONTACT US

Get in touch with Owen or Gary to discuss your requirements. 

Work with the best

 

We are approved distributors for a huge range of world-leading brands. We also service a wide range of other brands and have the knowledge and expertise to work with any application.