Ship Build | Ship Repair | Heavy Engineering
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Contents
Welcome to Forgacs
Forgacs Site Locations
Time Critical Customer Delivery
Benefiting The Australian Economy
Credentials
Skilled People
Prime Defence Capability
Ship Repair & Maintenance
Forgacs Cairncross Dockyard Brisbane
Forgacs Heavy Engineering Gladstone
Forgacs Newcastle Shipyard & Floating Dock
Forgacs Heavy Engineering Carrington
Forgacs Heavy Engineering Hexham
Forgacs In-Water Ship Repair Sydney
Forgacs Aero
Zeal For People
The Bass Strait oil rig Go Altair goes in for
maintenance at Forgacs’ Newcastle Floating
Dock after working the southern winter on a
pipeline construction project
Welcome to forgacs
Today Forgacs is Australia’s largest privately-owned ship building, ship repair and
engineering company with a proud place in the nation’s maritime capability. We service
international markets and key naval contracts at seven of the most sought-after sites in
South-East Asia – three on deep-water locations. Stephen Forgacs Jnr Tony Lobb
Director Group General Manager
Stephen Forgacs
Managing Director
S t r at e g i c a l ly l o c at e d
Fourth year apprentice fitter and
machinist Courtney Perry changing
a tool on a CNC Mill at Forgacs
Carrington Heavy Engineering facility
F o r g a c s S i t e L o c at i o n s employees
Forgacs Engineering Gladstone 40
Forgacs Cairncross Dockyard Brisbane 120
QLD
Forgacs Tomago Shipyard 220
Forgacs Newcastle Shipyard & Floating Dock 140
Forgacs Engineering Hexham 40
Forgacs Engineering Carrington 60
NSW
Forgacs In-Water Ship Repair Sydney 80
T i m e Cr i t i c a l C u s t o m e r D e l i v e r y
TOTAL 700
Agility borne from Forgacs private structure drives rapid decisions and time-critical customer
delivery. Whether just days of unscheduled repair to a container ship on a southern ocean route, or
build of high tech air warfare destroyers, Forgacs offers world-class 24/7 marine engineering. This
manufacturing force also gears Forgacs heavy engineering business, servicing the mining, civil
Strategically located on Australia’s populous East Coast and major southern ocean trade routes. infrastructure, and rail industries.
Assets and facilities are owned by the business. Docks, cranes, large
workshops and machinery together with a well trained workforce
North China Japan Canada means Forgacs offers options across its sites. Combined resources
14 Days 10 Days US East Coast
25 Days means minimum down time of key customer equipment.
A mature Quality Management System extends to all Company
South Korea
12 Days operations with Lloyds accreditation to AN/NZS ISO9001. The group
US West Coast
28 Days builds local capability on each contract it wins, identifying local
Hong Kong
10 Days contractors and OEMs for import replacement.
Malaysia
10 Days
Papua New Guinea
4 Days
Singapore
10 Days
UK
28 Days
B ENE F ITING THE AU S T R ALIAN ECONO M Y
Forgacs delivers nation-building projects and economy-driving jobs for Australia. Employing 700
people directly means Forgacs also stimulates 1500 indirect jobs and has more than $180 million
indirect impact on the Australian economy annually.
New Zealand
3 Days sailing times Formula sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics
Markets Skilled People
Founder and owner, Stephen Forgacs has a passion for creating
opportunities for young people and investing in skills, with 10% of
Forgacs staff indentured under apprenticeship. Forgacs sites are
buzzing with projects for a new generation of Australian ship builders.
Career pathways at Forgacs
Blasters & painters
Boilermakers & welders
Fitters & machinists
Pipe fitters
Riggers
Quality, environmental & safety managers
Project managers
65% Navy Defence - Ship Build & Repair, and Berthing
Marine engineers
15% Commercial Ship Repair Production managers
Commercial managers
5% Commercial Ship Build
Naval architects
5% Locomotive Build Planners & schedulers Boiler maker Kevin Davison
Estimators works at Tomago Shipyard
5% Mine Equipment Build
5% Heavy Engineering
Forgacs Business
Cr e d e n t i a l s
Forgacs has impeccable international credentials, winning work over Asian and European competitors.
Navy Defence Ship Build Commercial
• ship building • ferries
• ship repair Royal Australian Navy, Royal New • tugs
Zealand Navy, La Royale (French Navy) • work vessels
• porting
Locomotive Build
• now also expanding into army with build of
• fabricating 19 locomotive under frames
portable tank bridges
• undertaking piping and electrical cabling
Ship Repair Commercial
Mine Equipment Build
• cruise ships
• reclamation and refurbishment of mining
• container ships
and resource equipment
• bulk carriers
• tugs Heavy Engineering
• dredges • both machining and fabrication
• oil & gas support vessels • materials handling and processing
• heavy lift ships equipment Federal Member for Newcastle
Sharon Grierson and Stephen
• general cargo Forgacs meet with first year
apprentices at Tomago Shipyard
forgacs defence
HMAS SIRIUS in Cairncross Dockyard
for 25-days of dry docking and refit.
F O R GAC S PE R F O R M ANCE OVE R VIE W
Forgacs performance compared to other companies in areas of defence technology.
Pr i m e D e f e n c e C a p a b i l i t y
FORGACS OTHER COMPANIES
A proud tradition as a prime ship building and repair supplier to the Australian Navy
100 continues with 65% of contracts won by Forgacs generated by Australian Defence.
Per Performance Per Centre
80 S h i p R e pa i r & M a i n t e n a n c e
Forgacs continuously improves its ship repair skills for the Royal Australian Navy
60
with a firm record as an on-time, value-for-money contractor, delivering ever-better efficiencies.
40
Past work includes:
• Refit and upgrade of HMAS MANOORA and KANIMBLA in preparation for Royal Australian Navy service
20
• Docking, repair and maintenance of HMAS TOBRUK, KANIMBLA, MANOORA and SUCCESS
0 • In-water repairs and maintenance of Afloat and Amphibious Support Ships and ANZAC class vessels.
MAR SEP MAR SEP MAR SEP
2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009
This graph was reproduced with permission from the Australian Defence Matériel Organisation.
forgacs Queensland
AURORA AUSTRALIS, JOHN OXLEY II and the former
HMAS BRISBANE at Forgacs Cairncross berths. Cruise
liner PACIFIC SKY is in the graving dock
F o r g a c s c a i r n c r o ss d o c k ya r d B r i sb a n e
This 36 acre facility has one of the largest graving docks in Australasia. On the Brisbane River,
Cairncross is close to Brisbane’s CBD, its busy shipping port and international airport. Cairncross plays
host to cruise liners, container ships, bulk carriers, tankers and more, specialising in dry dockings and
refits. Cairncross helps maintain the increasing number of super liners that visit the Port of Brisbane.
on 15 hectares of land near mouth of the Brisbane River
takes Panamax vessels: 265m long X 33.5m wide to 85,000dwt
2 dock arms
1 X 50tonnes and 4 X 5tonnes dockside cranes
wharfage facilities for in-water work with a 30tonnes crane
fully equipped workshops
Cruise liner SUN PRINCESS
undergoes a biennial dry-docking in-water and voyage repair for all sizes and types of ships
and refit at Cairncross deep water access
Forgacs Queensland Stephen Forgacs
and Tony Lobb
speak at the launch
of block construction
of the air warfare
Forgacs Tomago
destroyers at Tomago S h i p ya r d
Site of the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer
build contract, this 40 acre facility
offers key ship building capability
on Australia’s East Coast. Both
the HMAS TOBRUK and AURORA
AUSTRALIS were built at Tomago.
7,000 sqmt under roof
crane-age to 300 tonnes
on-site blast & paint
river frontage for barge access
A trundle being loaded for transport
to the Bowen Basin coalfields
F o r g a c s H e av y E n g i n e e r i n g G l a d s to n e
North Queensland’s massive mine fields and the port developments that export their
coal are well serviced by Forgacs Gladstone. This facility specialises in general structural,
mechanical, mining and marine engineering, machining steel, stainless steel, aluminium
fabrication, sheet metal work, and abrasive blasting and painting. Forgacs Gladstone also Forgacs Tomago Shipyard
near Newcastle NSW
offers in-water ship repair services.
workshop: 6,000 square metres
F o r g ac s n e w s o u t h wa l e s
F o r g a c s N e w c a s t l e S h i p ya r d
& F l o at i n g D o c k
This key facility on the Port of Newcastle – 150 kilometres north of Sydney – is ideal for
conversions, refits, unscheduled repairs and maintenance. Full docking and serviced wharf
facilities are complemented by accommodation for customer ship management personnel and
ship staff offices, duty watch, training and ship keeping teams during maintenance availabilities.
size of vessel: 200m X 29.5m
15,000 tonnes capacity
750 tonnes slipway
fully serviced lay-up berths
engineering workshop
survey dockings
Floating production storage and offloading
vessel CRYSTAL OCEAN under emergency
repair at Newcastle Floating Dock with Forgacs
Newcastle Shipyard behind
f o r g ac s n e w s o u t h wa l e s
f o r g ac s n e w s o u t h wa l e s F o r g a c s I n - W at e r S h i p R e p a i r S y d n e y
Based at Garden Island, Royal Australian Navy’s East Coast base, this facility undertakes repair
for Navy ships including refits, conversions, machinery overhaul, structural repairs, routine
maintenance … all in-water.
engineering and technical support
structural, mechanical and electrical repairs
mobile ultra high pressure water blasting
emergency services
Milling of disc for a metal
shredder at Forgacs Heavy
Engineering Hexham
F o r g a c s H e a v y E n g i n e e r i n g C a rr i n g t o n
Site for the construction of locomotive underframes, Carrington specialises in heavy
fabrication and machining.
5 acre site
workshop: 7,000 square metres
3 x 30 tonnes overhead cranes
F o r g a c s H e av y E n g i n e e r i n g H e x h a m
Hexham is located on major arterial roads between the Port of Newcastle – the world’s
largest coal exporter, and the Hunter Valley – rich in black coal seams. Full heavy
engineering, machining and fabrication facilities.
5 acre site
workshop: 8,000 square metres
Garden Island is the site of Fleet Base East for
the Royal Australian Navy East Coast
forgacs aero
Aerologistics Managing Director Stephen Forgacs
Jnr pilots the Company’s Squirrel helicopter
Aerologistics
With a modern heliport just minutes from the heart of Newcastle, Forgacs-affiliated Aerologistics is
the Hunter’s premier helicopter tour and charter company. With corporate comfort in a late model
Eurocopter with leather seating and head set communication for five passengers you have a bird’s
eye view of Australia’s engine room.
Aerologistics heliport at Steel River near Newcastle
plays host to television network news helicopters
Zeal for people
Stephen Forgacs (on right) inspecting
a Mecof NC milling machine at
Forgacs Hexham site in the 1980s
First year boilermaker
apprentice Joshua Scully
Stephen Forgacs as a first
year apprentice fitter and
turner in 1950
S t r o n g L e a d e rs h i p
Forgacs had its genesis in 1950 when owner and Managing Director Stephen Forgacs started as a 15 year old
fitter and turner apprentice in Ganz Wagon Budapest.
Stephen arrived in Australia in 1957 as a young immigrant, fleeing the Soviet invasion of Hungary, speaking little
English. Fresh from Europe, through sheer will and extraordinary effort he built a marine and heavy engineering
Company that is today unmatched in Australia for breadth of facilities.
Forgacs Engineering has had pivotal roles in major infrastructure projects:
• Boyne (Gladstone), Tomago (Newcastle) & Hydro (Kurri Kurri) Aluminium Smelters
• BHP Air Purification Plant Port Kembla Steelworks
• Sydney Centrepoint Tower
• Lane Cove Rail Tunnel Sydney
• SEAFARIS , 42m catamaran – 2007 World Best Super-yacht Venice
• Wisemans Car Ferry
• Electrification of Sydney-Newcastle Rail Link
• Barque Endeavour replica
Stephen’s early years as a tradesman led to a lifelong commitment to
Forgacs people. Today more than 90 apprentices are indentured at
Forgacs with each given individual training. Forgacs is also part of
a pilot project to introduce secondary school students to careers
in marine defence and advanced manufacturing.
Forgacs first year apprentices
at Tomago Shipyard
FORGACS ENGINEERING PTY LTD Brisbane
ABN 17 000 019 616 405 Thynne Road
Morningside QLD 4170
Head Office P +61 7 3227 0888
F + 61 7 3399 6164
newcastle shipyard & floating Dock
brisbane@forgacs.com.au
81 Denison Street
P.O. Box 90 Gladstone
Carrington NSW 2294 142 Bensted Street
P +61 2 4978 9100 Gladstone QLD 4680
F +61 2 4962 2848 P +61 7 4972 3600
F + 61 7 4972 5947
forgacs@forgacs.com.au
feg@forgacs.com.au
Hotline Tomago
1800 422 866 Old Punt Rd,
Tomago NSW 2322
Website P+ 61 2 4028 0331
F +61 2 4964 8316
www.forgacs.com.au
shipyard@forgacs.com.au
Carrington
24 Parker Street
Carrington NSW 2294
P +61 2 4940 0840
F +61 2 4969 1556
parkerstreet@forgacs.com.au
Hexham
304 Pacific Highway
Hexham NSW 2322
P +61 2 4964 8245
F +61 2 964 8719
feh@forgacs.com.au
SYDNEY
7 Marigold Place
Revesby NSW 2212
P +61 9772 3188
F +61 9772 3199
sydney@forgacs.com.au
