Tenix on the lookout for new work

Tenix’s Melbourne shipyard will battle on looking for new work after delivering the tenth and final frigate of a $7 billion project. The ship, to be commissioned in August as HMAS Perth, was officially handed over to the Australian navy at Tenix’s Williamstown shipyard on Friday.

The shipyard’s future has been bleak since its failed attempt for the $6 billion navy destroyer contract last year.

Under the 17-year project, Tenix built eight Anzac frigates for the Australian navy and two for New Zealand’s navy. The project created 8,000 jobs and generated another $3 billion in gross domestic product. The shipyard is continuing work on two 85 metre patrol vessels for the New Zealand navy.