ASC Shipbuilding, the Australian subsidiary of BAE Systems, and the Australian government signed on Friday, December 14, a A$2 billion (US$1.44 billion) four-year contract for the design and development of Type 26 frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
McDermott International and GE subsidiary Baker Hughes (BHGE) have signed a memorandum of understanding with Western Gas Corporation to be the exclusive development partners for the Equus Gas Project in Western Australia.
A significant amount of sand had accumulated on the western side of the marina breakwater since the opening of Cape Jaffa Anchorage in South Australia in 2008.
By Julian Pepperell
Better known as a marine biologist and angling writer, the author, perhaps surprisingly, turns out to be something of an historian. Here he has done a good job of “trawling”, for want of a better word, through the reports of Australia’s explorers and early settlers for references to fishing.
During the November APEC Summit, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the US will work with Australia and Papua New Guinea to develop the Lombrum naval base on Manus Island.
South Korea-based Epik has entered into a project development option agreement with Port of Newcastle, Australia, to commence preliminary works on a proposed LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) import terminal.
A double-ended aluminium Ro-Pax catamaran design by Incat Crowther will be used for a new ferry that will sail to and from Bruny Island in Tasmania.
Australia’s Queensland Police Service (QPS) went to tender in March 2017 for the design and construction of a high-speed vehicle barge for the transportation of persons and police vehicles from Redland Bay to the Southern Moreton Bay islands of Macleay, Lamb, Karragarra, Russell and Coochiemudlo.