Strategic Marine
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Strategic Marine Pty Ltd is a Western Australian-based shipbuilding company with facilities at Henderson
in Western Australia, Vung Tau
in Vietnam, Tuas
in Singapore and Mazatlán
in Mexico.
Since its incorporation, Strategic Marine has focussed on offshore crew boats and support vessels, as well as high-speed patrol boats for defence, police and coastguard use.
Strategic Marine is based at the Australian Marine Complex located at Henderson, 23 km south of the Perth
CBD.
Since 2001, the Henderson yard has produced over 100 patrol launches and seven crew-boats for a diverse range of clients.
The yard has recently undergone significant expansion, having taken on a number of senior employees with additional technical skills, particularly in steel shipbuilding. These skills will be employed to fit out the 99m floating dry dock
on order from the Australian Marine Complex on delivery of its base pontoon from the company's Vietnam yard.
Strategic Marine is in the process of constructing a new 23x43m shed at the yard, and is also planning to build a new administration headquarters in the Henderson facility in the near future.
The joint venture was established following the awarding of a contract to deliver two 52m aluminium crew-boats to Blue Marine Shipping for its Pemex
supply contract in the Gulf of Mexico
.
The yard also has orders from Dutch shipping company Smit International
for three 22.1m crew/pilot vessels, as well as orders for four 31m crew boats from Indonesia's Baruna Raya Logistics.
The Singapore yard recently embarked on the construction of six 40m crew-boats, two of which have already been sold to Pilbara-based marine services company Samson Maritime Pty Ltd.
The Tuas yard has a full-time management and shipbuilding staff of over 120.
was purchased in 2007, and now employs more than 1,100 staff including fabricators, welders, production supervisors and management staff.
The facility has manufactured the steel base pontoon of a floating dry dock for the Australian Marine Complex, and has won orders for two 143m Diving Support Vessels and one Well Stimulation Vessel from Singapore company Marfield Limited.
The yard is also building a 23.9m compact tug from the Port of Napier
in New Zealand.
The Vung Tau facility employs more than 1,100 staff.
In 2008 Strategic Marine's Managing Director, Mr Mark Newbold, was awarded the WA Business News Rising Star Award and the Western Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the "products" category.
The Ernst and Young award citation reads:
In October 2008 Strategic Marine won the "Large Advanced Manufacturer Export Award" category of the Western Australia Industry and Export Awards.
.
Civilian and commercial customers of Strategic Marine include Samson Maritime, Marfield, the Port of Napier
, Blue Marine, Smit International
, Baruna Raya Logistics, the Australian Marine Complex, Syarikat Borcos Shipping, Svitzer and EMAS Offshore.
Defence, police and coastguard operators of Strategic Marine vessels include the Singapore Police Coast Guard
, the Royal Malaysian Police
, the Queensland Police
, the Australian Defence Force
, and fisheries protection units of the Queensland Government and Western Australian Government.
Some 186 defence, police and coastguard vessels have been built for Australia, Nigeria
, Singapore
and Malaysia .
Henderson, Western Australia
Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.-History:The suburb of Henderson comprises land resumed by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 for defence purposes. A large naval base was planned by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, and the was area sometimes...
in Western Australia, Vung Tau
Vung Tàu
Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. Its population in 2005 was 240,000. The city area is including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. It is also known as one of the most beautiful cities of tourism...
in Vietnam, Tuas
Tuas
Tuas is largely an industrial zone located in the western part of Singapore. The Tuas Planning Area is located within the West Region, and is bounded by Tengeh Reservoir to the north, Strait of Johor to the west, Straits of Singapore to the south, and the Pan Island Expressway to the east.It is...
in Singapore and Mazatlán
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...
in Mexico.
History
Strategic Marine had its origins in Geraldton Boat Builders Pty Ltd, a Western Australian based aluminium shipbuilder. The company incorporated in 2001.Since its incorporation, Strategic Marine has focussed on offshore crew boats and support vessels, as well as high-speed patrol boats for defence, police and coastguard use.
Operations
Henderson, Western AustraliaStrategic Marine is based at the Australian Marine Complex located at Henderson, 23 km south of the Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
CBD.
Since 2001, the Henderson yard has produced over 100 patrol launches and seven crew-boats for a diverse range of clients.
The yard has recently undergone significant expansion, having taken on a number of senior employees with additional technical skills, particularly in steel shipbuilding. These skills will be employed to fit out the 99m floating dry dock
Dry dock
A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform...
on order from the Australian Marine Complex on delivery of its base pontoon from the company's Vietnam yard.
Strategic Marine is in the process of constructing a new 23x43m shed at the yard, and is also planning to build a new administration headquarters in the Henderson facility in the near future.
Mazatlán, Mexico
Strategic Marine's facility in Mazatlán, on the west coast of Mexico, is a joint venture between Strategic Marine and Mexican company Servicios Navales E Industriales (SENI).The joint venture was established following the awarding of a contract to deliver two 52m aluminium crew-boats to Blue Marine Shipping for its Pemex
Pemex
Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company. As of 2010, with a total asset worth of $415.75 billion, it is the second non-publicly listed largest company in the world by total market value, and Latin America's second largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009...
supply contract in the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...
.
Tuas, Singapore
Strategic Marine's facility at Tuas in Singapore was established in 2005 following orders for the company's first two 40m crew-boats, Borcos Firdaus 1 and Borcos Firdaus 2 for Malaysian company Syarikat Borcos Shipping Sdn Bhd.The yard also has orders from Dutch shipping company Smit International
Smit International
Smit Internationale N.V. is a Dutch company operating in the maritime sector. The company was founded in 1842 by Fop Smit as a towage company with only the 140 hp paddle steamer tug 'Kinderdijk'....
for three 22.1m crew/pilot vessels, as well as orders for four 31m crew boats from Indonesia's Baruna Raya Logistics.
The Singapore yard recently embarked on the construction of six 40m crew-boats, two of which have already been sold to Pilbara-based marine services company Samson Maritime Pty Ltd.
The Tuas yard has a full-time management and shipbuilding staff of over 120.
Vung Tau, Vietnam
Strategic Marine's facility at the Dong Xuyen Industrial Zone at Vung Tau in VietnamVietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
was purchased in 2007, and now employs more than 1,100 staff including fabricators, welders, production supervisors and management staff.
The facility has manufactured the steel base pontoon of a floating dry dock for the Australian Marine Complex, and has won orders for two 143m Diving Support Vessels and one Well Stimulation Vessel from Singapore company Marfield Limited.
The yard is also building a 23.9m compact tug from the Port of Napier
Port of Napier
The Port of Napier is located on Hawke Bay in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.The port is connected to the rail network via the Ahuriri Branch....
in New Zealand.
The Vung Tau facility employs more than 1,100 staff.
Awards
In 2007 Strategic Marine was awarded the Australian Chamber of Commerce Vietnam's ANZ Business Excellence Award.In 2008 Strategic Marine's Managing Director, Mr Mark Newbold, was awarded the WA Business News Rising Star Award and the Western Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the "products" category.
The Ernst and Young award citation reads:
When Mark Newbold established Strategic Marine in 2001, his ambitious goal was to build a global ship building company with manufacturing operations across the world. Seven years on, he is close to achieving that dream, with the company's shipyards employing almost 1,500 staff in Singapore, Vietnam, Mexico and Western Australia. While the ship building and maritime services provider currently fulfils over 125 orders worth over 210 million US dollars, Mark's plan is to further develop the business and take on the European market.
While waiting to take on Europe, Strategic Marine's order book is bulging with 130 orders won over the past year worth over US$260 million. Today, this ship building and maritime service provider, which specialises in developing high speed aluminium patrol vessels and offshore service vessels, has a significant and ever growing international market share.
Prior to establishing Strategic Marine in 2001, Mark was the Executive Director of Geraldton Boat Builders (GBB) and his experiences in that business convinced him that there was more opportunity for a business like Strategic Marine in Asia as opposed to Australia, provided the company had its own, more cost-effective shipyards overseas. In 2005 a Singapore shipyard was acquired and is developing the reputation of delivering vessels well ahead of schedule. The company also has a Vietnam shipyard, with over 1000 staff working to a full order book, including a $62 million contract for the Western Australian Government.
While Strategic Marine has traditionally focused on aluminium workboats and oilfield service vessels, the Vietnamese yard has also been chosen to spearhead the company's strategy of diversifying into steel-hulled ships. Mark's global strategy has also seen the development of new markets in the Americas, with Europe soon to follow. With next year's turnover predicted at over $150 million, Strategic Marine is well on the path to phenomenal global success.
In October 2008 Strategic Marine won the "Large Advanced Manufacturer Export Award" category of the Western Australia Industry and Export Awards.
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Civilian and commercial vessels
Strategic Marine designs and builds a range of civilian and commercial vessels, including:- Offshore service vessels
- Crew boats
- TugsTugboatA tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
- Anchor handling tug supply vesselAnchor handling tug supply vesselAnchor Handling Tug Supply vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in a few cases, serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel ....
s - Diving support vesselDiving support vesselA diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.Commercial Diving Support Vessels emerged during the 1960s and 1970s when the need arose for diving operations to be performed below and around oil production platforms and associated installations in...
s - Well stimulation vessels
- Platform supply vesselPlatform supply vesselA Platform supply vessel is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil platforms. These ships range from 20 to 100 meters in length and accomplish a variety of tasks...
s - BargeBargeA barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
s - Floating dry dockDry dockA drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform...
s - Other workboats
Civilian and commercial customers of Strategic Marine include Samson Maritime, Marfield, the Port of Napier
Port of Napier
The Port of Napier is located on Hawke Bay in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.The port is connected to the rail network via the Ahuriri Branch....
, Blue Marine, Smit International
Smit International
Smit Internationale N.V. is a Dutch company operating in the maritime sector. The company was founded in 1842 by Fop Smit as a towage company with only the 140 hp paddle steamer tug 'Kinderdijk'....
, Baruna Raya Logistics, the Australian Marine Complex, Syarikat Borcos Shipping, Svitzer and EMAS Offshore.
Defence, police and coastguard vessels
Strategic Marine designs and builds a range of defence, police and coastguard vessels, including- Patrol boats • Fisheries protection vessels
- Landing craftLanding craftLanding craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during WWII...
Defence, police and coastguard operators of Strategic Marine vessels include the Singapore Police Coast Guard
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...
, the Royal Malaysian Police
Royal Malaysian Police
The Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...
, the Queensland Police
Queensland Police
The Queensland Police Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve"...
, the Australian Defence Force
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy , Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units...
, and fisheries protection units of the Queensland Government and Western Australian Government.
Some 186 defence, police and coastguard vessels have been built for Australia, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Malaysia .