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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.
Austal USA is an American shipbuilder based on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama. It is a subsidiary of the Australian shipbuilder Austal , operating under a Special Security Arrangement which allows it to work independently and separately on some of the most sensitive United States defense programs despite its foreign ownership.
Austal was commissioned to build 19 Guardian-class boats in 2016. [10] [11] Austal's contract allows it to market the design to additional customers. [12] Subsequently, an additional three vessels were ordered. Two for Timor-Leste, and one new replacement vessel for the Samoan Nafanua II, which was damaged beyond repair on 5 August 2021. [13]
It was designed and built in the United States, in Mobile, AL by Austal USA, a division of the world's largest fast-ferry builder, Australia-based shipbuilder Austal. The vessel is powered by MTU Friedrichshafen engines running on ultra-low sulfur diesel using waterjet propulsion which the company claimed will minimize impact to marine mammals ...
Adelaide Steamship Company (Birkenhead, South Australia) Built tugs. (1957–1973) Austal (Henderson, Western Australia) Large and mid sized catamaran ferries, small naval vessels. (1988–present) ASC (Part of Osborne Naval Shipyard) Submarines, destroyers, patrol boats. (1985–present)
HSC Condor Liberation is a fast ferry that was built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia. Previously named Austal 270 and Condor 102, she entered service as HSC Condor Liberation with Channel Island ferry operator Condor Ferries on 27 March 2015. [2]
A group of investors formed a U.S. company named Canadian American Transportation Systems (CATS) which then entered into a contract to build Spirit of Ontario I with Austal in 2003. The vessel left Perth on February 17, 2004, crossing the Pacific Ocean and transiting the Panama Canal, reaching New York City on April 1, 2004.
The responsible individuals are no longer with the Company, and we have made numerous governance changes to prevent similar issues from occurring again,” John Rothwell, the former chairman of Austal Limited who now serves as non-executive director of the board, said in a statement issued by the company. Austal builds littoral combat ships ...