Tag: Royal Australian Navy
Continuous naval shipbuilding program announcement welcomed by shipbuilders and unions
The Federal Government’s announcement of a commitment to a continuous shipbuilding plan for the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet has been welcomed by a...
Nuship Canberra departs Melbourne
Australia’s first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship Nuship Canberra has been farewelled from BAE System’s Williamstown shipyard as she departed for Sydney, the company...
Outsourcing shipbuilding program could ‘sink’ Australian shipyards, AMWU says
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has voiced its concern about the Abbott Government’s decision to exclude Australian-based companies from tendering for the construction...
Forgacs to close historic Brisbane dock
Newcastle ship-builder Forgacs is set to close its ship maintenance operations at Cairncross Graving Dock, citing the strength of the Aussie dollar and the...
Forgacs to pull the plug on its Newcastle shipbuilding site in 2015 unless Government...
Forgacs Engineering Pty Ltd, one of the major shipbuilding companies in Australia, has announced that it intends to close down its site in Newcastle...
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