Deal Agreed Securing Harland & Wolff’s Future with Navantia – Heavy Lift News
20 Dec 2024

Deal Agreed Securing Harland & Wolff’s Future with Navantia

Navantia has agreed a commercial deal to purchase all four of Harland & Wolff’s shipyards, securing 1,000 UK shipbuilding jobs. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, secures the future of all four Harland & Wolff shipyards in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Devon, retaining the proud role of shipbuilding in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It will also ensure the delivery of the Ministry of Defence’s contract with Navantia to build three Royal Navy supply ships which would transport munitions, spares and supplies to UK aircraft carriers – the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) Programme.

 

 

The FSS ships are important for safeguarding the UK’s aircraft carriers’ military capability by delivering vital supplies to the Carrier Strike Group, and this deal will ensure the UK’s shipbuilding capability by retaining jobs and manufacturing in the UK.

 

Royal Navy supply ship

 

The Government has worked closely with Navantia UK and agreed an amendment to the existing FSS Programme contract on commercial terms, which makes the minimum changes necessary to ensure Navantia can still deliver on the contract and build all three Navy ships.

The deal represents a major investment into the UK’s industrial base from Navantia UK and will provide opportunities for future naval work at Harland & Wolff’s shipyards across the country, which could create new jobs and give a boost to the UK’s coastal communities nationwide.

 

H&W (Appledore) in Devon

 

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