Austal Cairns

Austal Cairns Shipyard is established in the Portsmith area of Cairns, Queensland with extensive service facilities to provide a full range of support to defence, commercial and private (superyacht) customers.
Featuring over 200 metres of fitting out berths, including 80 metres of floating wharf space and a 1,200 tonne slipway for vessels up to 60 metres length overall, Austal Cairns also offers the Pacific
regions’ largest mobile boat hoist, with a 1,120 tonne lift capability.
The shipyard includes 2 x 1,120 tonne and 2 x 600 tonne hardstands, and 2 x mobile cranes (20 and 70 tonne).
A full range of engineering support services and facilities are available, delivered by experienced
technicians following ISO 9001:2015 quality assurance systems, certified to DNV and LR standards.
Services available include vessel contract maintenance, engineering design, machining and repairs, hydraulics management, welding and fabrication, electrical systems maintenance and repairs, marine plumbing, refrigeration and airconditioning maintenance, painting and blasting, interior refits repairs and maintenance, regulatory compliance testing and audits.
Austal Cairns is delivering in-service support and sustainment to Australia’s Cape-class Patrol Boat
fleet; while also providing support to the new Guardian-class Patrol Boat fleet (a total of 22 vessels to be delivered), operated by Australia’s Pacific Island neighbours and Timor Leste.
The shipyard has a long history of servicing defence, commercial and private vessels (superyachts) with shipyard operations since 1970 repairing over 3,000 vessels in that time; engaging hundreds of local Queensland-based suppliers and businesses to ensure vessels maintain their operational profile and availability.
For more information please contact Austal Cairns:
61-79 Cook Street
Cairns QLD 4870
[phone]
[e-mail]
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If the yard has been operational since 1970, which company owned it before Austal took it over?

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