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NEW PAINT TECHNOLOGY SAVES ON FUEL COSTS

New technology paint being applied to vessels operated by Black Cat Cruises will result in huge savings on fuel costs and is better for the environment. “We are replacing our existing traditional paint with new intersleek 970 antifoul paint on two of our vessels that operate in Akaroa,” Black Cat Cruises Managing Director Paul Bingham […]

REAL JOURNEYS BUYS INTO BLACK CAT CRUISES

Real Journeys Ltd. has bought into Canterbury based Black Cat Cruises in a move both company’s say is a vote of confidence in the tourism industry in the Canterbury region. The new joint venture company will be 50 percent owned by Real Journeys with Black Cat Cruises retaining half the business. Its present Managing Director […]

BLACK CAT GROUP PURCHASES DOLPHIN EXPERIENCE

Black Cat Group has purchased Akaroa dolphin swimming operator Dolphin Experience in a move the company says is a refection of its confidence in the future of Canterbury and Banks Peninsula tourism. “We started 22 years ago with one boat and now we have the largest tourist fleet in Canterbury with nine vessels,” Black Cat […]