Marine, defence and AMC
Information about the Australian Marine Complex and the department's work to grow and support Western Australia's marine and defence industries.
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Our role
Marine and defence is one of the department's priority sectors.
The department's role is to:
- Facilitate major projects
- Provide input to Defence policy
- Represent industry in forums such as the Defence Exports Council
- Provide a link between Defence and local industry
- Provide infrastructure for industry.
With the establishment of the Australian Marine Complex (AMC), the department also plays a key role in the national and international marketing and promotion of the AMC and attracting investment into this world-class facility.
Australian Marine Complex
The Australian Marine Complex (AMC) is a world-class Centre of Excellence for manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, technology, repair and maintenance servicing activities in the marine, defence and resource industries.
Located on the shores of Cockburn Sound, 23 kilometres south of Perth in WA, the AMC has been developed to facilitate and enhance the opportunities created by the clustering of these industry sectors.
The AMC-Common User Facility (CUF) is Australia’s leading integrated industrial estate servicing the marine, defence, mining and petroleum sectors with a deepwater port. It is owned by the Western Australian Government and is not dedicated to one user or even one industry but benefits from being part of a marine, defence and energy services cluster with established engineering and shipbuilding precincts nearby. Also, the facility is sufficiently large for a number of different projects to be managed concurrently.
The CUF includes:
- Dredged, deepwater harbour
- ‘State of the art’ fabrication hall with 24 hour all-weather access
- On site project offices, workers amenities
- Warehouses and 40 hectares of laydown and construction area
- Load out wharf
- Marine services wharf with notional capacities of between 3,000 and 15,000 tonnes respectively.
For detailed information on how to invest, relocate or undertake operations at this exciting Complex, please visit the Australian Marine Complex website (www.australianmarinecomplex.com.au/).
Australian Marine Complex business directory
The Australian Marine Complex website has an online business directory that provides contact details and website addresses of companies specialising in shipbuilding and fabrication, and those providing products and services to the industry.
For more information visit the Australian Marine Complex website (www.australianmarinecomplex.com.au/).
AMC News
For latest news related to marine, defence and the AMC, refer to the May 2009 edition of the AMC News. Current and past editions are also available in the publications section of this website.
Articles in the latest edition include:
- AMC boat builders weathering the storm
- New $35 million investment at the AMC
- First tenant rolls into the CSF
- Wartsila welcomed to the AMC
- New infrastructure on stream
- CUF update
- AMC tenant update
- Company profile
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