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Shipyard support & development.

An established, Australian-owned maritime innovator and solution provider, delivering consulting, brokerage and technology across demanding industrial, commercial, law-enforcement and military applications.

SUPPORT PACKAGES

Three packages. One partner across the life of your fleet.

Take the package that fits your operation, or combine all three.

Building Package

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Shipyard Support

Maintenance, management and upgrades that keep a yard efficient and competitive. plus greenfield yard delivery.

Fleet Support

Ship brokerage, turnkey new builds, repair and management — support that follows a fleet through its working life.

CAPABILITIES BEHIND THE PACKAGES

Consulting & design

Technical advisory, shipyard and ship design and revamps, developed in-house to client spec. 

Brokerage

Import, sales, service,and integration of marine equipment and systems.

Technology

Import, sales, service,and integration of marine equipment and systems.

PRODUCTS & OEMS WE REPRESENT

Better yards, cleaner and faster vessels

Best-in-class systems from a hand-picked group of specialist manufacturers — integrated into new platforms or retrofitted to existing ones.

NORWAY • SHIPYARD DEVELOPMENT

Syncrolift

Shiplift, dry-docking, and transfer systems.

NL • SHIPYARD DEVELOPMENT

Kranendonk

Smart robotics & automated welding for heavy steel

NL • VESSEL ENHANCEMENT

Hydromaster

360° azimuth thrusters for tough conditions

NL • VESSEL ENHANCEMENT

Hull Vane

Improves hydrodynamics & overall performance

UK • ECO TECHNOLOGY

U.A.L.

Antifouling through ultrasonic vibrations. 

A range of MicFil Filters
GERMANY • ECO TECHNOLOGY

Micfil

Ultrafine filtration systems, filtering down to 0.5 micron

OUR OWN PRODUCTS AND DESIGNS

Polytanks

Production of HDPE polytanks, built to your specification for marine and industrial service. meeting all standards.

3D Printed Maritime Products

Rapid production of vessels, pontoons and other maritime products through large-format 3D printing, from concept to launch in a fraction of the time. 

THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND US

Decades of shipbuilding stands behind every package

Naval architecture, yard development, shipbuilding & leadership know-how, held in-house

BATAM, INDO • 2024 - CURRENT

KTU Shipyard

Turn-key delivery of shipbuilding facilities, mechanised & robotised technologies. 

AUS, NZ • 2020 - CURRENT

Syncrolift

Ship lift & smart docking systems to 30,000+ tons, for commercial and defence applications.

Mike & Gianni at Austal Philippines
PHILIPPINES • 2015 - 2016

Austal Shipyard

Revamp of existing yard, including expansion plans for production of 100+m vessels. 

Nautic Africa Front of Building
Cape Town, SA • 2009 - 2015

Nautic Africa

Delivery of greenfield yard, capable of building high performance aluminium work & patrol boats. 

NL, SA • 1999 - 2009

Damen Shipyards

Newbuilding & tech transfer projects, shipyard revamp and building of series of patrol boats and (ASD) tugboats to Damen standards.

30+
Years of know-how
4
Exclusive OEM partners
5
Capabilities & packages
AU
Owned & operated