Company type | Public limited company |
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ASX: ASB | |
ISIN | AU000000ASB3 |
Industry | Shipbuilding and Defence |
Founded | 8 August 1988Perth, Western Australia | in
Founder | John Rothwell |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | |
Revenue | 1,140,000,000 United States dollar (2018) |
Number of employees | 5,500 (2016) |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | www |
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Austal Limited is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels.[5] Austal's product range includes naval vessels, high-speed ferries, and supply or crew transfer vessels for offshore windfarms and oil and gas platforms.[6]
Austal has three major ship building facilities. Defence vessels are designed and constructed in Henderson, Western Australia and Mobile, Alabama, US. Commercial vessels are constructed in Balamban, Philippines. Vessel support is provided through service centres located in Darwin, Cairns and Henderson in Australia; San Diego, California, US; Balamban, Philippines and Muscat, Oman.[7] Corporate headquarters are co-located at Austal's Australian ship building facility in Henderson.[8]
As of early 2017,[update] Austal has designed and constructed over 260 vessels for numerous defence forces and commercial fleet operators. Customers include the Australian Border Force, Condor Ferries, Mols Linien of Denmark, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy of Oman and United States Navy.[9]
Austal Limited started as a small, private shipyard in Perth, Western Australia on August 8, 1988.
Over 5,500 Austal employees, worldwide [...]
[...] the plate cutting ceremony which was hosted by Austal Chairman John Rothwell and Chief Executive Officer David Singleton.
Austal is a global shipbuilder, defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner [...]; designing, constructing and supporting [...] defence and commercial vessels [...]
Since 1988, Austal has been designing, constructing and supporting commercial vessels (including passenger ferries, vehicle passenger ferries, offshore and windfarm vessels) [...]
With shipyards in Australia, the United States of America and the Philippines, Austal is [...]
Austal has designed and constructed over 260 vessels for over 100 clients in 50 countries, since 1988. Our customers include [...] commercial and defence fleet operators [such as] the U.S. Navy, Australian Border Force and Condor Ferries.