Defence boat builder Birdon Group has announced that Birdon America Inc. has acquired Metal Shark Boats 32-acre shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. This acquisition brings a fully developed shipyard into the Port Macquarie, NSW maritime engineer’s portfolio of facilities allowing the company to expand its US shipbuilding and repair services, according to a statement.…
Defence boat builder Birdon Group has signed a contract with the Brazilian Army Commission in Washington for the supply of two Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) and services, including parts and training. The Port Macquarie, New South Wales company has previously supplied the Brazilian Army with three BEBs over recent years. The new BEBs will incorporate…
The US Marine Corps has selected Port Macquarie maritime engineer Birdon Group‘s advanced Heavy Landing Craft – H260 design to be part of a test and evaluation exercise focused on the missions it envisions Marines executing in the future. The H-260, a long-range, shallow draft, independent vessel, shares a common lineage to Birdon’s proposed Heavy…
Port Macquarie maritime engineer Birdon has completed upgrades and delivery of the 12th Motor Lifeboat (MLB) it is refurbishing for the U.S. Coast Guard at its Bellingham, Washington State shipyard. The vessel was the third and final boat to be delivered to the coast guard’s Station Umpqua River, located along the Central Oregon Coast. West…
Port Macquarie boat manufacturer and maritime engineering firm Birdon has won more than $700 million worth of new contracts in three months, including two contract wins in the United States.
Birdon progresses new boats for the Netherlands Birdon Group is progressing the build of Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) for the Netherlands Army, with six Birdon BEBs in the final stages of assembly and delivery scheduled for the end of September. Birdon just performed a sea trial on the first boat – hull number 007 (pictured)…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Civmec and Austal join forces for landing ship bid Engineering firm Civmec and shipbuilder Austal have executed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Venture (JV) to submit a proposal to the government to support the project LAND8710…
The federal government will accelerate the build of 18 medium landing craft for the Army’s new littoral fleet at the Henderson shipyard in Perth. The $2 billion project is expected to create 1,100 direct jobs and more than 2,000 indirect jobs, and is part of a programme that will also deliver heavy landing craft as…
Envirostream to recycle LG lithium batteries Battery recycler Envirostream has signed an exclusive three year agreement with LG Energy Solutions to recycle all its recalled lithium ion batteries collected in Australia. Envirostream, a subsidiary of Lithium Australia, expects significantly increased battery collection volumes equating to 140 percent of the company’s total in FY23. LG has…
By Peter Roberts The federal government has moved to secure the future of Austal’s Perth shipbuilding operation and its Henderson yard (pictured) in Western Australia. Defence has entered into a new strategic partnership with Austal which will see 18 of the Army’s new Landing Craft Medium built at Henderson. Austal will also deliver two new…
