History
The slipway at which BSE operates in Brisbane was constructed and opened in 1972 for the Department of Harbours & Marine to service vessels of up to a displacement weight of 2,500t. It was built to complement the adjacent 80,000t graving dock to service vessels of a smaller size.
In 1992 the slipway was revitalised, significantly enhancing the marine capabilities on Brisbane River. In 1995 a 30 year lease was granted to BSE and since then the company has taken the initiative to develop the facility into a well respected member of the marine ship repair industry. In 2012 BSE extended its Brisbane Slipways operations with a further 40 year lease of the facility.
BSE has continued to grow and mature into the highly respected marine services business that it is today, with a trusted reputation for delivering specialist advice, superior service, reliability and quality.
BSE’s shipyard is located within the heart of Brisbane’s marine and heavy industrial area, 20 minutes drive from Brisbane’s Domestic and International airports.
BSE is an organisation with significant depth of corporate skills and has the capacity to ensure the best possible outcomes for its clients. BSE is well practiced in technical and project delivery aspects of large project tasking having slipped and project managed hundreds of ships over many years.
BSE is committed to enhancing customer service standards through:
- Investing in new infrastructure in strategic locations
- Building career opportunities with experienced, highly trained staff
- Developing industry consistency in training and development
- Providing customers with more easy-to-use solutions
BSE Maritime Solutions, trading as Brisbane Slipways Operations and BSE Cairns Slipways, provides ship repair, ship maintenance, slipways dockings, shipping safety management systems, and superyacht refit services to superyacht, barge, ferry, dredge, towage and shipping operators throughout Australia, the South Pacific and Great Barrier Reef regions from its shipyards in the Port of Brisbane (next to Forgacs shipyard and upstream from Brisbane Shiplifts, Brisbane Marine Industry Park and Viking Industries Shiplift) and also in Cairns, gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and nearby the Cairns Marlin Marina, Sailfish Quay, Norship and Tropical Reef Shipyard. Berthage in Brisbane is available at Rivergate Marina and from the Port of Brisbane Authority. The ship dockyard slipways service customers throughout tropical Queensland; from Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Hamilton Island, Whitsundays, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Urangan, Hervey Bay, Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and the Gold Coast, and from New South Wales; Sydney Harbour, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Yamba, Clarence River, Tweed Heads, and South Coast regions. International clients come from Pacific Island nations and cities including Noumea, New Caledonia, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji, Apia, Samoa, Tonga, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, and Tahiti.