AUSTAL non-executive director Dario Amara bought 50,000 shares in the company, worth $104,000 almost a fortnight ago, according to an Australian Stock Exchange announcement. Shares in Austal traded higher this week, on news of the signing of the largest contract in the company’s history, worth over $110 million to the local shipbuilder. Directors of listed property investor and developer Finbar International John Chan and Richard Rimington have each pocketed over $1.22 million in off-market sales through various holdings according to ASX announcements.