SanDock Austral Shipyards, Sandock Austral Shipyards is Africa’s leading commercial and naval shipbuilder and ship repair company, providing cost effective services and solutions to the marine industry worldwideSandock Austral Shipyards is Africa’s leading commercial and naval shipbuilder and ship repair company, providing cost effective services and solutions to the marine industry worldwide. Sandock Austral Shipyards is strategically located on the east coast of South Africa in Durban, one of Africa’s busiest ports. Established in 1960 and a proudly South African company, they have the largest shipyard in southern Africa consisting of 11 hectares with a useable water frontage of 300 metres. Sandock Austral Shipyards has an international reputation built on quality workmanship. “For more than 60 years the company has built a reputation as one of Africa’s leading ship repair, maintenance and building firms with accolades that include holding the record for building the largest ship ever built on the African continent,” says Sandock Austral Shipyards CEO Prasheen Maharaj. The 147-metre-long SAS Drakensberg is also the most sophisticated naval vessel built to date in South Africa. Sandock Austral Shipyards has maintained an impressive shipbuilding and ship repair track record. To date we have also built 21 tugboats. We were awarded the largest, single contract awarded by Transnet National Ports Authority for harbour craft, for nine state-of-the-art tugboats. SERVICES Shipbuilding Complete in-house marine solutions are provided through Sandock Austral Shipyards’ Shipbuilding, Ship Repair, Naval Maintenance, Mechanical & Fabrication and Oil & Gas departments. Sandock Austral Shipyards offers: • The construction of small to mid-range steel and aluminium vessels up to 120m in length Fabrication of Marine Structures, Offshore Structures and Heavy Engineering. • Full Turnkey Engineering Solutions and Vessel Support Solutions Ship Repair The Ship Repair Division of Sandock Austral Shipyards has established itself as one of the major role players in the ports of Durban, East London and Cape Town. Our privately owned floating dock can accommodate vessels up to 60 metres in length with a beam of 34 metres having a lifting capacity of 4000 tons. Ship repair provides full turnkey engineering solutions comprising of the following core services: • Steel and pipework fabrication and replacement • Mechanical services • Riding crews • Propulsion systems • Steel preparation and protection • Tank cleaning • Electrical services • Insulation and carpentry. The Oil & Gas Services division provides pipe fabrication in Carbon and Stainless Steel, Copper, Yorcalbro and CuNiFe. All pipe work is carried out by qualified coded pipe welders to procedures endorsed by Bureau Veritas, Lloyds Register of Shipping, American Bureau of Shipping, Germanischer Lloyd, DNV, Nippon Kaiju Kyodai and other major classification societies. The division also enjoys the services, support and back up of the company’s Ship Building Division. Naval Maintenance Services include: • Hull and Associated Structures • Propulsion and Integrated Propulsion Management Systems • Electrical and Electronic Support Systems • Manoeuvring and Navigating Systems • Auxiliary, Accommodation and Emergency Systems • Outfitting • Materials and Welding of Exotic Materials System Engineering We offer specification compliance review, design support and interfacing, equipment selection verification, development of marine systems, complex system integration and product support. Collaborative Economy Sandock Austral Shipyards has made major leaps and bounds towards employing the concept of the collaborative economy in the execution of its shipbuilding and ship repair projects. The company terms this collaboration “Team South Africa”, and it is integral to the success of the firm’s multi-billion Project Hotel. The multi-billion-rand contract to build a Hydrographic Survey Vessel (HSV) for the South African Navy represents one of the most complex projects to be undertaken in the African continent in recent years. The vessel will replace the Navy’s SAS Protea, which has been in service for more than 45 years. “It is the largest, most complex survey vessel currently under construction in South Africa, so not only will the navy get a great product, but they will get the most modern product and it’s something team South Africa can be very proud of,” said Maharaj. Empowerment Sandock Austral Shipyards’ strength can be attributed to the qualifications and experience of its senior managers and associated with this a well-trained and stable workforce. The work of Sandock Austral Shipyards has helped to cement the marine ship building and support industry locally and has also ensured that the benefits are spread to local, empowered companies. This contract has been about creating jobs, developing technical skills, training artisans and developing engineers for the wellbeing of future generations. Sandock Austral Shipyards’ employees are 12% proud shareholders of the company.PRASHEEN MAHARAJ, CEO of the South African Shipyards, career is driven by the African philosophy of "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together". He added that this saying could not be more relevant today than in South Africa. "When I was in business school, I met the Father of Black Economic Empowerment, Dr Don Mkhwanazi, who then shaped my life from a business, political and personal perspective. Ndonga left me with the task of applying knowledge, networking and entrepreneurship skills to address the issues of inequality, poverty and unemployment. As a result, I sit as a council member of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a member of the board of directors of EThekwini Maritime Cluster and a member of the shipbuilding committee of the Aerospace Marine Defence Industry Body. Through these platforms our task is to fast track the transformation that this country so desperately requires." Another early influencer was investor and financial journalist, Richard Cluver, whose articles and books he read religiously from the age of 11. In his teenage years and young adult life his uncle, Vishnu Sharma, a property mogul, taught him about entrepreneurship and business moral ethics. "I also learnt to be a principled business leader. The Prasheen you meet today will be the same Prasheen you will meet next month. I have a moral code or a set of guiding principles by which I make leadership decisions, which leads to consistency in decision making - leading to less volatility and thus more trust with stakeholders." "Shipbuilding and ship repair are by their nature social enterprises. It's very labour intensive and supports a large supply chain made up primarily of SMMEs. As a conscious capitalist and a socialist at heart, this is the main appeal of the marine engineering industry. The ability to run a business for profit whilst contributing to the greater good of society is a common theme in my business and personal endeavours." Maharaj reflected, "Going back to our African roots, it is perhaps opportune that we begin to explore the concept and possibilities of the collaborative economy or sometimes called the sharing economy. We cannot continue to condone an environment where we have islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty, unemployment and inequality." Co-operation and collaboration must be driven by technology. Therefore, SAS is slowly evolving into a technology organisation, thus creating a space for Black owned SMMEs to participate in the more labour intensive parts of the shipbuilding and ship repair value chain. Marine engineering in South Africa needs to enter the 4th Industrial Revolution. Maharaj says that he is a great fan of long-term financial sustainability versus short term profit maximisation. This outlook has been influenced by great investors like Warren Buffet and Allan Gray. Creating long term predictable, consistent and solid growth is far more respected in the business environment than profits and performance that swing between the extremes. "What this means for shipbuilding and the ship repair is that we need to secure long-term order books for shipbuilding and enter into long term maintenance contracts with our ship repair clients. We also need to look at exporting our services as a technology organisation to the rest of the continent, thus creating a diversified revenue stream beyond manufacturing." This approach requires that the shipbuilding/ship repair industry become more customer centric, project performance orientated, and technology driven. A fundamental shift from the current mindset of the industry that is inward looking is required." Spending quality family time with my better half Marcina and my children Milahn and Mekhai is my escape from the realities of the harsh business environment we operate in. They are not only my pillars of strength but my moral compass by which I execute my day to day business functions.PRASHEEN MAHARAJ, CEO of the South African Shipyards, career is driven by the African philosophy of "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together". He added that this saying could not be more relevant today than in South Africa. "When I was in business school, I met the Father of Black Economic Empowerment, Dr Don Mkhwanazi, who then shaped my life from a business, political and personal perspective. Ndonga left me with the task of applying knowledge, networking and entrepreneurship skills to address the issues of inequality, poverty and unemployment. As a result, I sit as a council member of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a member of the board of directors of EThekwini Maritime Cluster and a member of the shipbuilding committee of the Aerospace Marine Defence Industry Body. Through these platforms our task is to fast track the transformation that this country so desperately requires." Another early influencer was investor and financial journalist, Richard Cluver, whose articles and books he read religiously from the age of 11. In his teenage years and young adult life his uncle, Vishnu Sharma, a property mogul, taught him about entrepreneurship and business moral ethics. "I also learnt to be a principled business leader. The Prasheen you meet today will be the same Prasheen you will meet next month. I have a moral code or a set of guiding principles by which I make leadership decisions, which leads to consistency in decision making - leading to less volatility and thus more trust with stakeholders." "Shipbuilding and ship repair are by their nature social enterprises. It's very labour intensive and supports a large supply chain made up primarily of SMMEs. As a conscious capitalist and a socialist at heart, this is the main appeal of the marine engineering industry. The ability to run a business for profit whilst contributing to the greater good of society is a common theme in my business and personal endeavours." Maharaj reflected, "Going back to our African roots, it is perhaps opportune that we begin to explore the concept and possibilities of the collaborative economy or sometimes called the sharing economy. We cannot continue to condone an environment where we have islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty, unemployment and inequality." Co-operation and collaboration must be driven by technology. Therefore, SAS is slowly evolving into a technology organisation, thus creating a space for Black owned SMMEs to participate in the more labour intensive parts of the shipbuilding and ship repair value chain. Marine engineering in South Africa needs to enter the 4th Industrial Revolution. Maharaj says that he is a great fan of long-term financial sustainability versus short term profit maximisation. This outlook has been influenced by great investors like Warren Buffet and Allan Gray. Creating long term predictable, consistent and solid growth is far more respected in the business environment than profits and performance that swing between the extremes. "What this means for shipbuilding and the ship repair is that we need to secure long-term order books for shipbuilding and enter into long term maintenance contracts with our ship repair clients. We also need to look at exporting our services as a technology organisation to the rest of the continent, thus creating a diversified revenue stream beyond manufacturing." This approach requires that the shipbuilding/ship repair industry become more customer centric, project performance orientated, and technology driven. A fundamental shift from the current mindset of the industry that is inward looking is required." Spending quality family time with my better half Marcina and my children Milahn and Mekhai is my escape from the realities of the harsh business environment we operate in. They are not only my pillars of strength but my moral compass by which I execute my day to day business functions.

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CEO: Prasheen Maharaj

An Outstanding International Reputation

Sandock Austral Shipyards is Africa’s leading commercial and naval shipbuilder and ship repair company, providing cost effective services and solutions to the marine industry worldwide.

Sandock Austral Shipyards is strategically located on the east coast of South Africa in Durban, one of Africa’s busiest ports. Established in 1960 and a proudly South African company, they have the largest shipyard in southern Africa consisting of 11 hectares with a useable water frontage of 300 metres. Sandock Austral Shipyards has an international reputation built on quality workmanship.

“For more than 60 years the company has built a reputation as one of Africa’s leading ship repair, maintenance and building firms with accolades that include holding the record for building the largest ship ever built on the African continent,” says Sandock Austral Shipyards CEO Prasheen Maharaj. The 147-metre-long SAS Drakensberg is also the most sophisticated naval vessel built to date in South Africa.

Sandock Austral Shipyards has maintained an impressive shipbuilding and ship repair track record. To date we have also built 21 tugboats. We were awarded the largest, single contract awarded by Transnet National Ports Authority for harbour craft, for nine state-of-the-art tugboats.

SERVICES
Shipbuilding
Complete in-house marine solutions are provided through Sandock Austral Shipyards’ Shipbuilding, Ship Repair, Naval Maintenance, Mechanical & Fabrication and Oil & Gas departments.

Sandock Austral Shipyards offers:
• The construction of small to mid-range steel and aluminium vessels up to 120m in length Fabrication of Marine Structures, Offshore Structures and Heavy Engineering.
• Full Turnkey Engineering Solutions and Vessel

Support Solutions
Ship Repair
The Ship Repair Division of Sandock Austral Shipyards has established itself as one of the major role players in the ports of Durban, East London and Cape Town.

Our privately owned floating dock can accommodate vessels up to 60 metres in length with a beam of 34 metres having a lifting capacity of 4000 tons. Ship repair provides full turnkey engineering solutions comprising of the following core services:
• Steel and pipework fabrication and replacement
• Mechanical services
• Riding crews
• Propulsion systems
• Steel preparation and protection
• Tank cleaning
• Electrical services
• Insulation and carpentry.

The Oil & Gas Services division provides pipe fabrication in Carbon and Stainless Steel, Copper, Yorcalbro and CuNiFe. All pipe work is carried out by qualified coded pipe welders to procedures endorsed by Bureau Veritas, Lloyds Register of Shipping, American Bureau of Shipping, Germanischer Lloyd, DNV, Nippon Kaiju Kyodai and other major classification societies. The division also enjoys the services, support and back up of the company’s Ship Building Division.

Naval Maintenance
Services include:
• Hull and Associated Structures
• Propulsion and Integrated Propulsion Management Systems
• Electrical and Electronic Support Systems
• Manoeuvring and Navigating Systems
• Auxiliary, Accommodation and Emergency Systems
• Outfitting
• Materials and Welding of Exotic Materials

System Engineering
We offer specification compliance review, design support and interfacing, equipment selection verification, development of marine systems, complex system integration and product support.

Collaborative Economy
Sandock Austral Shipyards has made major leaps and bounds towards employing the concept of the collaborative economy in the execution of its shipbuilding and ship repair projects. The company terms this collaboration “Team South Africa”, and it is integral to the success of the firm’s multi-billion Project Hotel. The multi-billion-rand contract to build a Hydrographic Survey Vessel (HSV) for the South African Navy represents one of the most complex projects to be undertaken in the African continent in recent years. The vessel will replace the Navy’s SAS Protea, which has been in service for more than 45 years.

“It is the largest, most complex survey vessel currently under construction in South Africa, so not only will the navy get a great product, but they will get the most modern product and it’s something team South Africa can be very proud of,” said Maharaj.

Empowerment
Sandock Austral Shipyards’ strength can be attributed to the qualifications and experience of its senior managers and associated with this a well-trained and stable workforce.

The work of Sandock Austral Shipyards has helped to cement the marine ship building and support industry locally and has also ensured that the benefits are spread to local, empowered companies. This contract has been about creating jobs, developing technical skills, training artisans and developing engineers for the wellbeing of future generations. Sandock Austral Shipyards’ employees are 12% proud shareholders of the company.

Full Name of Company: Sandock Austral Shipyards
Industry Sector: Manufacturing
Services / Products: Ship building, ship repair and heavy engineering, naval maintenance
Date Established: July 1993
Customer Base: International agents, armed force, local / international ports authority, Local / International ship owners and global maritime companies
No. of Employees: 109 permanent staff and over 220 contractors
Auditors: D Nundkissore and Associates
Bankers: First National Bank
B-BBEE Status: Level 2
Certification ISO 9001-2015, 14001:2015, 45001:2018

VISION
Building the African Marine Legacy.

MISSION
We will realise our vision by delivering high quality products and services through efficient, effective systems, processes and our talented workforce whilst adhering to the highest standards of corporate citizenship & governance, in all that we do.

KEY PERSONNEL
CEO: Prasheen Maharaj
DCEO: Greg Delpaul
CFO: Akash Singh
Human Resources: Sinqobile Khuluse
Manufacturing: Joe Bhagwandeen
Design Engineering: Brooke Tarin
PPMO: Haneem Isabirye
Systems Engineering: Derek Rabie
Revenue Generation: Mholi Shandu
Governance and Enablement: Don Khumalo

CONTACT DETAILS
Physical Address: 10 Rotterdam Road, Bayhead, Durban, 4001
Postal Address: P.O. Box 17253, Congella, 4013
Tel; +27 (0)31 274 1800
E-mail: enquiries@sas.co.za
Website: www.sas.co.za

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