The Cairns region
Cairns not only provides the infrastructure and refit services to support vessels visiting the region, it is also situated at the gateway to some of the most spectacular cruising grounds and world heritage listed natural wonders.
Immediately at your doorstep are the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. To the south, the picturesque and pristine Whitsunday Islands beckon and to the north, the unspoiled Kimberley region provides adventure and a voyage of discovery. The South Pacific is dotted with a myriad of islands that each have their own story to tell.
BSE Cairns Slipways recognises that many of the vessels visiting this part of the world, will have come from far and away places and have limited knowledge of the area. For this reason, we have taken the liberty of compiling a services directory and sample cruising itineraries that may be useful to both Captains, Crews and Owners alike.
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.