With its proven track record and top of the range facilities, BHIC occupies pole position when it comes to providing the best products and services for its clientele in the defence and maritime sectors.
BHIC contributes to the nation’s defence and security and safeguarding its sovereignty through building navy ships and undertaking MRO on strategic assets such as ships, submarines and helicopters.
WHEN it comes to top-notch naval shipbuilding and ship repair Malaysia, one name stands out - Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC). It has emerged as the premier contractor for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). Its associate, Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) located next to the RMN base in Lumut, Perak undertakes shipbuilding and ship repair of naval vessels.
BHIC is a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad (BHB) whose largest shareholder is the Armed Forces Fund Board (Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera). Companies under BHIC, whose corporate office is in Menara Boustead in Kuala Lumpur, is involved mainly in heavy engineering activities in the defence, marine and oil and gas industries.
BHIC is listed on Bursa Malaysia and has three shipyards located in Lumut, Perak, Pulau Pinang and Langkawi. Its key activities are:
Building military and commercial vessels
Undertaking ship repair on Government, commercial and private vessels
Undertaking maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of military assets (including ships, submarines and helicopters) and commercial and private vessels
Fabricating structures and modules for the oil and gas industry
Undertaking MRO of electronics, electrical and control systems, engines, communication equipment and weaponry
Manufacturing of components for the aero industry and propellants
Providing Integrated Maintenance and Logistics Support Services to military assets
Main Divisions
1. Defence & Security Division
a) Shipbuilding
The principal activity of this division is building naval vessels such as Offshore Patrol Vessels, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) for the RMN.
BNS is currently building six units of LCS which are frigate-classes vessel that can perform complex naval missions covering four dimensions, namely anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare and electronic warfare. It is also building four units of LMS with China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industrial Group shipyard in Wuhan, China.
b) Ship repair / MRO
BNS has top of the range facilities and skilled, experienced and dedicated workforce to undertake ship repair works and MRO on RMN vessels.
BHIC’s joint venture company, BDNC Sdn Bhd undertakes refit works and provides In-Service Support (ISS) to RMN’s Scorpene-class submarines.
c) Manufacturing
Activities under this segment include manufacturing of electronics products and components for industrial, defence and aero industry applications and propellant manufacturing.
2. Commercial Division
The business units under this division are principally engaged in shipbuilding, ship repair and MRO of commercial and private vessels.
3. Energy Division
This division is principally engaged in the fabrication of steel structures, platforms and structures for the oil and gas industry, marine engineering, hook-up and commissioning, and other services related to the oil and gas industry.
Contact Us:
BOUSTED HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION BERHAD Level 17, Menara Boustead, No 69 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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