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Osborne Naval Shipyard at Osborne, South Australia, the original home of the Australian Submarine Corporation (Largest shipyard in Australia) Poole & Steel (Sydney, New South Wales) (1912–1954) Richardson Devine Marine (Hobart, Tasmania) Aluminium ferries under 45 metres. (1989–present) State Dockyard (Newcastle, New South Wales) (1942–1987)
Webb Dock is a port facility at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne, Victoria constructed progressively from 1960, by dredging and land fill at the mouth of the Yarra River. It includes roll-on/roll-off facilities handling motor vehicle import and export and break bulk commodities and a container terminal. [ 1 ]
The Port of Melbourne is the largest port for containerised and general cargo in Australia. [4] It is located in Melbourne , Victoria , and covers an area at the mouth of the Yarra River , downstream of Bolte Bridge , which is at the head of Port Phillip , as well as several piers on the bay itself.
This list displays all five Australian companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023. [1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Sleigh owned the steamers Emu from 1891 [3] and Ethel Jackson [4] from 1892 or earlier. [5] Both operated on the Darling River out of Bourke.. Around 1893 he began working for Harrold Brothers, ship brokers and owners of Melbourne, and while with that company he privately tendered for a contract in which his employers were interested.
The company was founded by Horace Anderton Clarkson in London in 1852. [6] The son of a prosperous lawyer, he invited Leon Benham, a former colleague, to join him in partnership. [7] Benham's son Henry soon joined the business. [8] In the 1850s the business involved sailing ships, but by the 1860s the company was chartering steam ships. [7]
The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is a statutory body established by the Victorian Government to develop and manage the Port of Melbourne, Australia's busiest container port. The Corporation commenced operations on 1 July 2003, when it took over the management of the port from the Melbourne Port Corporation.
In 1991 the company had brought the insolvent Carrington Slipways in New South Wales to expand operations. [14] The company's name was changed from the Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd to ASC Pty Ltd on 1 October 2004 to position it as a supplier of naval combat vessels in addition to being a specialist submarine supplier and maintainer ...