Maritime Prospectus from the Minister Tasmania’S Maritime Story

Maritime Prospectus From the Minister Tasmania’s maritime story

With a long and proud I trust this prospectus will promote an understanding The Southern Ocean is a place of risk and adventure, a These unstoppable maritime entrepreneurs changed maritime heritage, Tasmania of why Tasmania is the first place to look for solutions dangerous place of cold wind, rain, and giant seas. Good everything. has a highly impressive array to your maritime challenges and requirements. enough, in turbulent Tasmanian waters, is never good They started small, working together, connecting with of capabilities across the enough. If we fail in the Southern Ocean or Bass Strait, experts, and pushing one another to be better. They maritime domain. it isn’t a setback. It’s deadly. didn’t build the most ships, but they worked hard to Tasmania’s maritime For thousands of years, the first Tasmanians were isolated create the strongest ships, the safest ships and the industry and institutions by Bass Strait, so they focused on invention and trade. fastest ships, the toughest equipment, and the safest, have supplied advanced Tasmanian Aboriginals were the early boat builders, the most sophisticated systems. products, systems and early researchers, the early problem solvers. The Hon Jeremy Rockliff MP Adopting the finest materials and technologies, they services to navies worldwide for decades. Deputy Premier In the 19th century, more ships were being built developed the confidence to test themselves – to take in Tasmania than in the other Australian colonies Tasmanian ingenuity across every ocean, to ports and Our products and services have contributed to the Minister for Advanced Manufacturing and combined, with many of the ships large enough to be military bases around the world. design, introduction into service, and sustainment Defence Industries used on the Australia-England route. of the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of ships and We also attracted ingenuity. Today, Tasmania has submarines and are delivering vital functions on all of In the 20th century, Tasmania joined the national war the highest concentration of maritime and marine Australia’s new major naval platforms. effort, constructing patrol vessels, cargo vessels and researchers and scientists in the southern hemisphere. hospital launches for the armed forces during the They come from everywhere, inspired by our craft As a recognised provider of world-class maritime Second World War. and our traditions, enhancing and enriching our solutions, Tasmania can deliver the vessels, maritime maritime culture. systems and services future defence forces and These ships were different to others being built at maritime security agencies require. the time. Tasmanians used native timbers ideal for It’s tougher in Tasmania. We can’t import solutions shipbuilding like Huon and King Billy pine, to make because they often won’t work here. We can’t be something uniquely of this place, a craft and tradition complacent. Because of where we live, everything we that continues today. do and make has to be better, more durable, more reliable, more advanced. From the Defence Advocate Out of this tradition, in the second half of the 20th century, a new generation of Tasmanians grew up sailing In Tasmania, we design, we research, we educate, we together. They competed. They cooperated. They cooperate, and we build with quiet mastery. It’s who developed an obsessive passion for the sea. we are. Bounded by the sea, With such an extensive industry and research base, excellence in maritime Tasmania can reliably deliver military operators the industry, research, education world-class solutions they need to solve their maritime HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH BUILT BY and training comes naturally challenges. PURDON AND FEATHERSTONE, HOBART IN 1943 to Tasmanians. Image courtesy of Royal Australian Navy Our maritime companies and institutions are trusted partners and have the experience, workforce and infrastructure to supply products and services to some of the largest and most advanced military forces around the globe. Rear Admiral (Rtd) Steve Gilmore AM, CSC Tasmania’s maritime systems and services are relied on Tasmanian Defence Advocate and Strategic by navies and maritime security forces in New Zealand, Adviser - Maritime across Pacific nations, parts of South-East Asia, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the United States, Canada and South America.

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 1 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS Tasmania’s advantages Tasmania’s capabilities

• Capability – as Australia’s only island state, we have capabilities across the whole maritime sector. Shipbuilding and watercraft These include ship and watercraft construction; construction port development and ship operations; systems, The design, manufacture and fit-out of a range of engineering and professional services; and research, vessels – from small, specialised watercraft through to education and training. high-speed ferries over 120 m long – takes place at a • Collaboration – our shipbuilders, maritime number of shipyards across the state. companies and institutions work together and are Four shipyards are located at a Maritime Defence represented by the Tasmania Maritime Network, Industry Precinct 20 minutes north of Hobart and which provides strategic direction and support to one shipyard is located just south of the city. the maritime industry. • Innovation – our maritime industry inherently In total, our shipyards have over 84 770 m² of partners with research and scientific institutions to undercover production hall space. solve problems and innovate. As a result, we are a We have extensive experience constructing vessels centre for excellence in product development and in aluminium, steel and high-density polyethylene for advanced design. defence and maritime security markets, Antarctic and • Research excellence – we lead key maritime and Southern Ocean operators and for commercial markets marine research and scientific initiatives through such as ferries and tourism, aquaculture and oil and gas. several world-renowned institutions, organisations We are renowned for building high-speed and and clusters. lightweight catamarans. Our smaller catamarans are in • Infrastructure – we have extensive and modern use by operators the world over, while our larger wave maritime industry infrastructure, including major piercing catamarans are some of the world’s fastest, shipyards, slipways, maritime industry precincts, most efficient and environmentally clean ships. deep water ports and research and training facilities. We build tailored boats and specialised watercraft to • Global supply – many of our major maritime meet the specific needs of customers and markets. manufacturers supply to global markets and are We produce small harbour patrol boats, fast response connected to international supply chains. Local vessels and transport craft, coastal landing craft, harbour supply chains are well established and provide maintenance craft, rigid hull inflatable boats, and other fabrication and manufactured products and services small vessels for use in inshore areas. for the maritime industrial base. • Education and training – we have best practice Port development and ship operations vocational education and training and university Tasmanian companies and institutions have been facilities in maritime operations, maritime involved in the design and development of some of the engineering, ship operations, port operations, world’s largest and most complex port development and fabrication, welding and maintenance. and ship operations projects. • Workforce – we have a reliable and skilled maritime Our capabilities and services include ship and port workforce complemented by a broader advanced modelling, real-time maritime simulations, scientific manufacturing sector with extensive experience in and environmental data collection and analysis, port heavy industry maintenance and operations. construction services, and port operations training • Energy sources – our natural and established and software development. advantages place us in the enviable position of having over 90 per cent of our energy produced from renewable sources.

TAYLOR BROS MARINE INTERIOR FITOUT OF HOBART CLASS AIR WARFARE DESTROYERS Image courtesy of Taylor Bros Marine

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 2 3 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS Specialised systems and equipment • safety and evaluation systems and equipment such as Tasmanian companies and institutions provide a range » marine evacuation systems and high capacity of highly specialised, advanced design and often world life rafts leading maritime and marine systems that contribute » thermal insulation and passive fire protection to vessel design, manufacture, operations and safety systems for military and commercial markets. » hazardous materials storage solutions These include: » underwater retrieval, sensing and marking • accommodation and habitability systems and systems equipment such as • simulation systems, services, research » modular accommodation outfitting and consultancy. » marine anti-glare blinds and screens Engineering, fabrication and • autonomous maritime systems construction services • automation and control including ship information We provide a range of general and high-spec management systems engineering, fabrication and construction services to • communication systems and equipment including meet defence maritime requirements. These include: antenna systems • advanced composites • deck and bulkhead equipment • castings (small, medium and large scale) • digital network systems and equipment • engineering, design (including CAD / CAM and 3D • electronic and electrical systems and equipment modelling) and prototyping such as • hydraulic systems design and manufacturing » anchoring and chain management systems • industrial blasting, painting and coating and mooring equipment • laser cutting » lightning protection systems • machinery repair and sustainment • industrial systems design and upgrade • machining • internet of things, artificial intelligence, smart software and data solutions • metal manufacturing, fabrication and construction • polymer fabrication.

CBG SYSTEMS EXHAUST JACKET INSTALLED IN HMAS HOBART ENGINE ROOM Image courtesy of CBG Systems

Professional and consultancy services • environmental analysis, assessment and management services Tasmanian companies and institutions provide a range of professional and consultancy services for defence • hydrographic surveying maritime and commercial markets. These include: • lease of high speed and offshore support vessels • consultancy services in maritime simulations, and marine crew offshore and coastal engineering, hydrodynamics • marine safety, emergency and sustainment services testing, cavitation testing, ship and port • marine surveying and assessment operations, environmental seabed mapping and • out of water vessel repair. MUIR ENGINEERING GROUP HORIZONTAL WINDLASS HR 22 BUILT FOR HIGH STRENGTH marine energy systems 38MM CHAIN ON BOARD HMAS MELVILLE • design services and naval architecture Image courtesy of Muir Engineering Group

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 4 5 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS Research, education and training The Precinct is the University of Tasmania’s portal for AMC’s training and marine science support vessel, The Tasmanian Health Service’s Department of Hyperbaric connecting industry with academia across its Defence MV Bluefin, and its large and small autonomous and Space Medicine at the Royal Hobart Hospital is part Tasmania is home to several world-leading institutions Network. The Network’s collective areas of maritime underwater vehicles, are available for commercial charter of CARMM and houses the southern hemisphere’s and centres of excellence that provide specialist maritime domain expertise include: for the conduct of hydrographic survey and marine only hyperbaric/hypobaric recompression chamber domain support to defence forces and their industry science missions and support of at sea trials – such as facility. The department also has specialist expertise in supply chains via unique and distinctive expertise • modelling and analysis of vessel stability, seakeeping, mine countermeasures systems. underwater medicine treatment and research. and facilities. motion dynamics, and manoeuvring performance, and the durability of marine structures, in open and The University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and TasTAFE provides vocational education and training The Australian Maritime College (AMC), within the confined waters Antarctic Studies (IMAS) delivers three core research to support the training requirements of our major University of Tasmania, is the national maritime institute • viscous flow studies around vessel hulls and programs - Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ecology and shipbuilders and the broader maritime industry. specialising in the areas of Maritime Engineering and protrusions, and the characterisation of resultant Biodiversity, and Oceans and Cryosphere. Physical TasTAFE’s facilities include the Metal Engineering Training Hydrodynamics, Seafaring, and the Operations and cavitation and wake, to inform vessel and propulsor oceanography is a key activity of IMAS’ Oceans and Facility, located in the Maritime Defence Industry Precinct Management of Ports and Shipping. design Cryosphere Centre. In this area, IMAS is a crucial at Prince of Wales Bay. The AMC is a key partner of both the Australian partner in the operation of Australia’s Integrated Marine • investigation and analysis of the structural The Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council Government’s Defence Science and Technology Group Observing System and has expertise in deploying remote survivability of submarines and underwater vehicles, (TMEC) Manufacturing Centre of Excellence provides (Maritime Division) and the Naval Shipbuilding College, instrumentation, moorings, autonomous surface, and sub-surface structures, and assessment of facilities, training spaces and equipment to develop skills consistently earning top annual rankings within the underwater and aerial vehicles, and in undertaking ship- vessel shock and impact damage in advanced manufacturing. TMEC facilities utilised by International Association of Maritime Universities. based measurements and ocean modelling. • assessment of maritime asset operational life the shipbuilding industry include a Simulated Work AMC’s curriculum spans the entire Australian expectancy, reliability, inspection regimes and The Centre for Antarctic Remote and Maritime Medicine Environment that provides lean manufacturing and Qualifications Framework, and the development maintenance requirements, with respect to (CARMM) delivers operational medical services, training, continuous improvement training, and an Advanced and delivery of all programs is industry focused with material degradation in marine environments and research for polar, maritime, space and other remote Welding Training Centre with portable virtual reality the Maritime Engineering and Seafaring programs • analysis of fuels, spray dynamics and emissions of and extreme environments. CARMM is based at the simulators that are compatible with live welding fully accredited by industry regulators. AMC Search, internal combustion engines, and improving fuel Australian Antarctic Division, part of the Australian equipment. the institution’s commercial division for training and efficiencies of diesel generators Government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and consultancy, complements this curriculum with an the Environment, and is a collaborative partnership • simulation, modelling and analysis of energy and extensive portfolio of short courses that are either between the Australian Government, the Tasmanian power systems applications industry mandated and accredited, or purpose designed Government and the University of Tasmania. for specific customer requirements. • assessment of port designs, through examination of simulated pilotage and ship-handling utilising variable The AMC emphasises applied learning and practical digital ship and locational model permutations experience supported by industry and enabled by • maritime trade and supply chain studies an extensive array of facilities including the Maritime Simulation Centre, the Emergency Response Centre, • experimental investigation, modelling, and the Model Test Basin and Towing Tank, the Cavitation simulation of cognitive processes for optimisation Research Laboratory, the Underwater Collision Research of individual and team performance, especially Laboratory, the High Performance Computing System, in high risk activities such as vessel pilotage and the Autonomous Maritime Systems Laboratory and a ship-handling fleet of ships, watercraft and autonomous vessels. • identifying psychological factors that influence adaptation, performance, decision-making and These facilities and specialist expertise provide the resilience in extreme environments, and the cornerstone of the University of Tasmania’s newly development of interventions established Defence and Maritime Innovation and Design Precinct in the greater Launceston area. The Precinct will • development of processing and packaging enable collaboration with industry and other research technologies to make and test fresh-like, shelf-stable organisations in applied research and consultancy services foods, and the development, testing and evaluation focused on: of specialised foods for high performance activities • supporting and assuring the design, operation, • nutritional modulation and supplementation, and survivability, and supportability of surface vessels, physical training manipulation for enhanced health submarines, autonomous vehicles, and maritime and human performance, in varying environmental infrastructure conditions. • the physical and cognitive ability, survivability, and health of human operators, in remote, isolated and hazardous maritime environments. AUSTRALIAN MARITIME COLLEGE CAVITATION RESEARCH LABORATORY Image courtesy of VEEM Ltd

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 6 7 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS Maritime capability matrix Ship and watercraft construction Port development and ship operations Specialised systems and equipment Engineering, fabrication and construction Professional and consulting services Research, education trainingand Ship and watercraft construction Port development and ship operations Specialised systems and equipment Engineering, fabrication and construction Professional and consulting services Research, education trainingand APCO Engineering Pty Ltd Metocean Services International Pty Ltd www.apcoengineering.com   www.metoceanservices.com  Australian Maritime College (AMC) and AMC Search Muir Engineering Group Pty Ltd www.amc.edu.au     www.muir.com.au  www.amcsearch.com.au Norfolk Blinds Pty Ltd Castings Tasmania Pty Ltd www.norfolkblinds.com.au  www.castingstas.com.au  Offshore Unlimited Pty Ltd CBG Systems Pty Ltd www.offshoreunlimited.com.au  www.cbgsystems.com    Penguin Composites Pty Ltd Centre for Antarctic, Remote and Maritime Medicine www.penguincomposites.com.au  www.carmm.org.au  PFG Group Pty Ltd CPT Engineering Pty Ltd www.pfg-group.com.au     www.cptengineering.com.au  Pivot Maritime International Pty Ltd Crisp Bros. & Haywards Pty Ltd www.pivotmaritime.com     www.crispbroshaywards.com.au    Richardson Devine Marine Constructions Pty Ltd Cromarty (WA Cromarty & Co Pty Ltd) www.rdm.com.au    www.cromarty.com.au  Royal Hobart Hospital’s Department of Diving Definium Technologies Pty Ltd and Hyperbaric Medicine www.definium.net  www.outpatients.tas.gov.au/clinics/diving_and_  hyperbaric_medicine Direct Edge Defence www.directedge.com.au  Storemasta www.storemasta.com.au Fiomarine Industries Pty Ltd  www.fiomarine.com  Tamar Engineering Tasmania (a division of Tamar Hydro Pty Ltd) Fortifyedge Pty Ltd www.tamarengineering.com.au   www.fortifyedge.com  TasTAFE Incat Tasmania www.tastafe.tas.edu.au www.incat.com.au      Taylor Bros Marine Pty Ltd Imbros Pty Ltd www.taylorbros.com.au www.imbros.com.au      Tidetech Commercial Marine Isotech Engineering (Harcor Industries Pty Ltd) www.tidetech.org www.iso-tech.com.au    TMEC Manufacturing Centre of Excellence Liferaft Systems Australia Pty Ltd www.tasminerals.com.au www.lsames.com   University of Tasmania Defence Network Lightning Protection International Pty Ltd www.utas.edu.au/defence-network www.lpi.com.au     Veris Australia Pty Ltd Marcom Watson Pty Ltd www.veris.com.au www.marcomwatson.com.au   

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 8 9 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS Industry directory, networks and associations

Tasmanian Defence Industry Strategy, Industry Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council Directory and Defence Tasmania hub www.tasminerals.com.au www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/business/sectors/defence www.tasmanianmanufacturing.com.au (manufacturing portal) AIDN – Tasmania www.aidn.org.au Tasmanian Polar Network www.tasmanianpolarnetwork.com.au Tasmania Maritime Network www.tmn.org.au

CRISP BROS. AND HAYWARDS MARGATE SHIPYARD PIVOT MARITIME INTERNATIONAL CONTAINERISED SIMULATOR DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR THE DEFENCE ENVIRONMENT Image courtesy of Crisp Bros. and Haywards Image courtesy of Pivot Maritime International

DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS 10 11 DEFENCE TASMANIA MARITIME PROSPECTUS RICHARDSON DEVINE MARINE BUILT VESSEL ‘OUTER LIMIT’ OWNED AND OPERATED BY TASMANIAN COMPANY OFFSHORE UNLIMITED. THIS VESSEL IS BEING UTILISED FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY’S HYDROSCHEME INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Image courtesy of Offshore Unlimited

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TOP LEFT: TAYLOR BROS MARINE DESIGNED AND BUILT 16.3 M LANDING BARGE FOR ‘RSV NUYINA’ Image courtesy of Australian Antarctic Division

TOP RIGHT: LIFERAFT SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA MARINE EVACUATION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE ROYAL NAVY’S (UK) FLEET AUXILIARY VESSEL ‘RFA ARGUS’ Image courtesy of Liferaft Systems Australia

MIDDLE: PFG GROUP HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE TACTICAL WATERCRAFT ‘THE SENTINEL’ Image courtesy of PFG Group

BOTTOM: CBG SYSTEMS MOONRAKER HF, VHF AND UHF ANTENNA SYSTEMS PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY ON-BOARD CANBERRA CLASS LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK Image courtesy of CBG Systems

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