Austal USA

Austal commenced operations in 1988 with a vision to build high quality commercial vessels for the international market. By the company's fifth anniversary, Austal had become one of the world's leading manufacturers of 40-meter passenger catamarans and the dominant supplier to Asia. Today, Austal is one of the world's largest builders of fast ferries and is proud to list amongst its customers many of the world's leading fast ferry and shipping operators. In 2001, Austal became the first company to supply the United States military with a high-speed vessel, the Theatre Support Vessel. The company provides passenger and vehicle-passenger ferries, coastal combat ships, high speed military support vessels, patrol boats, cruise vessels, live-aboards, offshore crew/supply boats and private vessels. Austal is headquartered in Henderson, Australia with locations in Mobile, Ala., Tokyo and Torquay, United Kingdom.