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Media Releases

For all the latest information on Austal’s global operations and activity, we invite you to review these latest Media Releases.

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February 20, 2017
Austal Australia To Employ 100 New Apprentices In The Next Seven Months
Austal (ASX:ASB), the Australian shipbuilder, will recruit and employ more than 100 new apprentices in the next seven months, as it increases its workforce to build new defence and commercial vessels for export and domestic customers. The new positions will triple the number of apprenticeships...
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February 13, 2017
Austal Celebrates The Christening Of Future USS Tulsa (LCS 16)
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal USA has hosted the christening of the future USS Tulsa, the 8th Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designed and constructed for the United States Navy (USN). Former Mayor of Tulsa and current Chief of Economic Development for...
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February 9, 2017
Austal's Expeditionary Fast Transport 8 (EPF 8) Completes Acceptance Trials
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Expeditionary Fast Transport 8 (EPF 8), USNS Yuma has successfully completed U.S. Navy acceptance trials. The acceptance trials, conducted by the US Navy in the Gulf of Mexico, are the last significant milestone before delivery and...
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February 2, 2017
Austal Engages Cairns Businesses To Highlight Vessel Sustainment Opportunities
As part of the company’s ongoing engagement of Australian suppliers in the delivery of vessel sustainment services around Australia, Australia’s defence shipbuilder Austal (ASX:ASB) is holding information sessions in Cairns, Queensland, to highlight local supply opportunities relating to the Cape-...
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February 1, 2017
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne highlights Austal’s Supplier Engagement in Cairns
Defence jobs for Cairns the focus of Austal industry engagement Growing defence industry Jobs in Cairns through the Turnbull Government's commitment to sustain up to 21 new Pacific Patrol Boats in the city will be the focus of engagement workshops to be held by shipbuilder Austal on Thursday. Ahead...
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December 26, 2016
Austal Delivers Littoral Combat Ship 10 to US Navy
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) has been delivered to the United States Navy (USN) during a ceremony held aboard the ship at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The future USS Gabrielle Giffords is the fifth Independence-...
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December 16, 2016
Austal Wins 56 metre Commercial Ferry Contract
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the company’s sixth new commercial vessel order for 2016, with the award of a €15.47 million (circa A$22million) contract for a high-speed passenger ferry from Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS Group) of Germany. The 56 metre catamaran is a...
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December 8, 2016
Austal Rolls Out First Cape Class Patrol Boat For Royal Australian Navy
Austal (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the successful roll out prior to launch of Hull 380, the ninth Cape-class patrol boat designed and constructed by Austal and the first of two to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 2017. Australian Defence Industry Minister, The Hon....
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November 24, 2016
Austal's Littoral Combat Ship 10 Completes Acceptance Trials
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Littoral Combat Ship 10 (LCS 10), the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, successfully completed U.S. Navy acceptance trials on November 18, 2016. The trials, the last significant milestone before delivery, were undertaken in the Gulf of...
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November 15, 2016
Austal Delivers High Speed Offshore Crew Transfer Vessel
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has delivered its second high speed crew transfer vessel this year, to Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO). The 57.6-metre, all-aluminium catamaran was designed by Incat Crowther and constructed by Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. It is the...
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