Austal

Austal Limited
Company typePublic limited company
ASXASB
ISINAU000000ASB3
IndustryShipbuilding and Defence
Founded8 August 1988 (1988-08-08) in Perth, Western Australia
FounderJohn Rothwell
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Revenue1,140,000,000 United States dollar (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
5,500 (2016)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.austal.com
Footnotes / references
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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, 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]

  1. ^ "Happy 30th Birthday Austal". Austal USA. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018. Austal Limited started as a small, private shipyard in Perth, Western Australia on August 8, 1988.
  2. ^ "Careers". Austal. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Over 5,500 Austal employees, worldwide [...]
  3. ^ "Austal Commences Construction of 109 metre High Speed Ferry for Molslinjen of Denmark". Austal. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original (Press release) on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017. [...] the plate cutting ceremony which was hosted by Austal Chairman John Rothwell and Chief Executive Officer David Singleton.
  4. ^ "Growth, Profitability, and Financial Ratios for Austal Ltd (AUTLF)". Morningstar, Inc. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ "What We Do". Austal. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Austal is a global shipbuilder, defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner [...]; designing, constructing and supporting [...] defence and commercial vessels [...]
  6. ^ "Ships". Austal. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Since 1988, Austal has been designing, constructing and supporting commercial vessels (including passenger ferries, vehicle passenger ferries, offshore and windfarm vessels) [...]
  7. ^ "Service Centres". Austal. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Production Facilities". Austal. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017. With shipyards in Australia, the United States of America and the Philippines, Austal is [...]
  9. ^ "Our Customers". Austal. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017. 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.

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