Northeast-based UK Docks Marine Services has won one of two new support contracts, for the Royal Navy’s versatile Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The eight-year contract worth around £250M will support the second batch of OPVs – HMS Forth, HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey. The contract creates more than ...
Babcock has launched a dynamic new approach within global shipbuilding that enables international customers to build and support the company’s Arrowhead 140 frigate (AH140) in-country, delivering a range of potential economic and social benefits to local and national communities. Arrowyard brings together a comprehensive range of technology and knowledge transfer options ...
Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan attended a ceremony at BAE Systems shipyard in Govan marking the first steel cut for the HMS Cardiff. The first steel was cut at a ceremony at the BAE Systems shipyard on the Clyde marking the start of construction of HMS Cardiff. The ship is one of ...
Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has praised the UK shipbuilding industry during a speech at the 2019 Sea Power Conference. Penny Mordaunt spoke about the future of UK shipbuilding and how it can benefit the economy as a whole. She encouraged the industry to modernise to ensure a solid future that can ...