Engineering and shipbuilding firm Civmec has confirmed it is moving its corporate domicile from Singapore to Australia in light of the company’s business – a record in FY 24 – being in this country. Chairman James Fitzgerald said moving domicile aligned with the company’s strategic growth plans. Fitzgerald said: : “It is pleasing to deliver…
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…
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 Phase 2, Landing Craft Heavy (LC-H) project. LAND8710 Phase 2 (LC-H) will deliver enhanced transport and littoral manoeuvre capability to the Australian Army. Earlier…
Defence contractors Austal, Civmec and Navantia Australia have partnered to offer the navy a proposal to deliver six corvettes, a so-called Tier 2 type vessel to complement larger frigates and destroyers. Designed by Navantia, the Tasman class corvette combines the manoeuvrability of a Tier 2 vessel, with the powerful weaponry of a major surface combatant,…
Mambers of major trade unions the ETU and AMWU members have hit railway engineering firm UGL’s Newcastle operations as they escalated their dispute over pay. More than 120 workers at the locomotive manufacturing and rail maintenance site at Broadmeadow, Newcastle walked off the job again on Friday to fight for fair pay, according to a…
The Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA), a joint venture between engineering group and shipbuilder Civmec and defence services company Serco, is using Pivot Maritime International as core simulation partner on the Land 8710 – Phase 1A Army Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel Medium (LMV-M) project. In a statement from AMA on Tuesday, Serco said its General Manager Maritime…
The Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA) has reviewed all aspects of its proposal to meet the Australian Defence Force’s needs for medium duty landing craft to ensure the group remained ready to deliver the critical programme for Australia. The AMA, made up of engineering group and shipbuilder Civmec, and defence services company Serco, looked at AMA’s…
