A new $12m super barge ramp on Smiths Creek will be a heavy hitter in Cairns’ turnkey infrastructure arsenal capable of servicing and maintaining the army’s next generation littoral force.The state-of-the-art Southern Barge Ramp was delivered as an element of the...
For Chief Executive Officer Olav Groot, Norship is about more than ships – it’s about people, capability and the incredible lifestyle of Far North Queensland. A marine engineer by trade, Olav has been with Norship in Cairns for 11 years and says the people are...
The weather was cold but the reception warm in Canberra for Advance Cairns’ trip to Parliament. Our message to Canberra this week was clear – the Far North has what it takes to become a major Defence maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and sustainment hub for...
The Far North has a simple message for Canberra – bring it on. We are ready to play a central role in national security and we can do it without even raising a sweat. The Cairns Marine Precinct and Cairns Airport are the big guns in our Defence infrastructure and...
Leo Ward admits he’s built a business model around only doing things others don’t want to touch. It’s as much about positioning for the Power & Data Support Services managing director as it is about drawing on 53 years of hard-earned experience in the electrical...
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