SHIPBUILDER Austal Ltd is now Western Australia’s largest manufacturing exporter, achieving $383.9 million in export revenues for 2007-08.
The Henderson based company upped its WA export revenues by 20 per cent on the previous financial year and reporting a record net profit of $52 million.
During the last year, Austal’s Australian operations has reached a number of significant milestones, including the completed a 65-metre vehicle passenger ferry for the Sultanate of Oman, three 57-metre Armidale Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy, an 88-metre vehicle passenger ferry for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and seven 48-metre fast ferries for delivery to the Venetian Resort in Macau.