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| Founded | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , Australia |
| Services | Ship builder |
| Website | www.nqea.com.au |
NQEA Pty Ltd[1] is an engineering and shipbuilding company based in Cairns, Australia. The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed.[2]
NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle-class patrol boats and Leeuwin-class survey ships).[3] The company was contracted to build modules to form the hulls of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyer project in May 2009, but lost the contract a month later to BAE Systems Australia after admissions that an internal restructuring may lead to difficulties meeting the contracted obligations.[4]
The company has also built catamaran ferries for the State Transit Authority (now operated by Sydney Ferries), London based Thames Clippers, and operators in French Polynesia and the Netherlands.[5][6]
Ships built[edit]
- Fremantle-class patrol boats[3]
- RiverCats
- Leeuwin-class survey ships[3]
- Thames Clippers ferries[6]
- Hurricane Clipper
- Sun Clipper
- Moon Clipper
References[edit]
- ^ Aimtek Pty Ltd formerly NQEA Australia Pty Ltd formerly North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty Ltd Australian Securities & Investments Commission
- ^ North Queensland Engineers and Agents Pty Ltd (1948 - c. 1990) Encyclopedia of Australian Science
- ^ a b c Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
- ^ Grevatt, Jon (30 June 2009). "NQEA loses block-building deal for Australian destroyers". Jane's Navy International. Jane's information Group.
- ^ "River Runner Vessels". NQEA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Betty Cuthbert Ferries of Sydney
- ^ Dawn Fraser Ferries of Sydney
- ^ Evonne Goolagong Ferries of Sydney