-오스탈이 호주 정부로부터 40억 호주 달러 규모의 대형 상륙정(LCH) 8척 건조 계약을 수주했다고 발표
-이는 오스탈이 호주 정부와 체결한 전략적 조선 협정에 따른 두 번째 수주 계약으로, 단일 규모는 역대 최대
-오스탈은 지난해 8월 호주 해군의 주요 함정에 대한 설계·건조·인도 등을 목표로 하는 협정을 체결했음
Australian shipbuilder Austal ASB secured a A$4 billion ($2.82 billion) government contract on Friday, cementing its role as a core partner in the federal government’s naval modernisation drive.
The contract is the second major defence award Austal has bagged under Australia’s Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement with the company, following the A$1.03 billion Landing Craft Medium deal in December.
“This contract generates a record order book for Austal, provides a long-term demand signal for our supply chain and provides the incentive to invest in uplifting our capability,” said CEO Paddy Gregg.
Shares of the company closed 5.5% higher after rising as much as 7.5% earlier in the day.
“Austal is unique in the listed Australian defence sector and the highest quality in the peer group,” said Richard Ivers, portfolio manager at Prime Value Asset Management.
“It’s smart of the government to provide this certainty for Australia’s defence manufacturing base and underpins the long-term outlook for Austal which is good for shareholders.”
Under the deal, Austal Defence Shipbuilding Australia, the company’s private defence shipbuilding arm, has been tasked with the construction of eight 100-metre landing craft heavy (LCH) vessels, using both its own infrastructure and common-user facilities at Henderson.
Construction works for the vessels are scheduled to begin this year and the final vessel is slated for delivery in 2038.
Meanwhile, the shipbuilder’s U.S. unit is also building up to 12 smaller landing craft utility vessels for the U.S. Navy at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.