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Austal seals Pacific contract

5th May 2016 - 07:12 GMT | by Mike Yeo in Melbourne

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Austal has signed an AU$280 million (US$210 million) contract with Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) to build and maintain 19 patrol boats for South Pacific neighbours under the Pacific Patrol Boat programme. 

The steel-hulled vessels will be constructed at Austal’s facility in Henderson, Western Australia, with Austal proposing to carry out sustainment – including deep maintenance – at its facilities in Cairns, Queensland.

According to a DoD media release, Austal has also been awarded a AU$24 million contract to provide support services for an initial seven-year period. Total support and sustainment is valued at around AU$400 million over the boats’

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