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SANDOCK AUSTRAL
SHIPYARDS

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.
CEO: KEY PERSONNEL
Prasheen Maharaj CEO: Prasheen Maharaj
DCEO: Greg Delpaul
Full Name of Company: Sandock Austral Shipyards CFO: Akash Singh
Industry Sector: Manufacturing Human Resources: Sinqobile Khuluse
Services / Products: Ship building, ship repair and heavy Manufacturing: Joe Bhagwandeen
engineering, naval maintenance Design Engineering: Brooke Tarin
Date Established: July 1993 PPMO: Haneem Isabirye
Customer Base: International agents, armed force, local / Systems Engineering: Derek Rabie
international ports authority, Revenue Generation: Mholi Shandu
Local / International ship owners and global maritime Governance and Enablement: Don Khumalo
companies CONTACT DETAILS
No. of Employees: 109 permanent staff and Physical Address: 10 Rotterdam Road, Bayhead,
over 220 contractors Durban, 4001
Auditors: D Nundkissore and Associates Postal Address: P.O. Box 17253, Congella, 4013
Bankers: First National Bank Tel; +27 (0)31 274 1800
B-BBEE Status: Level 2 E-mail: enquiries@sas.co.za
Certification ISO 9001-2015, 14001:2015, 45001:2018 Website: www.sas.co.za

AN OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION Shipyards CEO Prasheen Maharaj. The 147-metre-long
SAS Drakensberg is also the most sophisticated naval
Sandock Austral Shipyards is Africa’s leading commercial vessel built to date in South Africa.
and naval shipbuilder and ship repair company, Sandock Austral Shipyards has maintained an
providing cost effective services and solutions to the impressive shipbuilding and ship repair track record. To
marine industry worldwide. date we have also built 21 tugboats. We were awarded
Sandock Austral Shipyards is strategically located the largest, single contract awarded by Transnet
on the east coast of South Africa in Durban, one of National Ports Authority for harbour craft, for nine
Africa’s busiest ports. Established in 1960 and a proudly state-of-the-art tugboats.
South African company, they have the largest shipyard SERVICES
in southern Africa consisting of 11 hectares with a Shipbuilding
useable water frontage of 300 metres. Sandock Austral
Shipyards has an international reputation built on Complete in-house marine solutions are provided
quality workmanship. through Sandock Austral Shipyards’ Shipbuilding, Ship
Repair, Naval Maintenance, Mechanical & Fabrication
“For more than 60 years the company has built a and Oil & Gas departments.
reputation as one of Africa’s leading ship repair,
maintenance and building firms with accolades that Sandock Austral Shipyards offers:

include holding the record for building the largest ship ƒ The construction of small to mid-range steel and
ever built on the African continent,” says Sandock Austral aluminium vessels up to 120m in length
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