Austal

Austal is an Australian company that specializes in the design and construction of aluminium vessels. Its main products include passenger and freight ferries, luxury yachts and military vessels.

Austal has three production facilities, one of them on the Australian mainland in Henderson, Western Australia, one in Balamban, Cebu in the Philippines and one in Mobile, Alabama in United States.

In November 2011, Austal acquired its shipyard in the West Cebu Industrial Park in the Philippines as part of a strategy to regionalize its manufacturing base for commercial vessels. Austal is currently making significant investments to further enhance the shipyard’s capabilities, and construction of the first vessel is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2012.