InfraStrata purchased Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast in 2019, and added two shipyards in Scotland: Arnish and Methil, landing them from administrators for Burntisland Fabrication Ltd. We really want to build a sustainable workforce so that we're keeping the same people employed." “One of the things that Appledore was renowned for in the past was having huge numbers of employees then coming down to only a few, then back to huge numbers, before cutting down to a few again. It's all about really keeping those eggs in a few different baskets. So we really need to make the business resilient for going forward and look over those five different markets. "We can't be naïve by over relying on shipbuilding: there will be peaks and there will be troughs. We're fairly positive at the level of inquiries that we've had into the yard so far. He said: "We always knew it would be a slow start by the time we got all the maintenance work up and running. Mr Wood said the business aims to be multi-faceted in order to provide sufficiency and job security to its sites. The shipyard also aims to work across the six different sectors of a ship’s lifecycle, from technical service, to fabrication and construction, repairs and maintenance, service support conversion, and finally decommissioning. While Appledore Shipyard has historically been dedicated to new-build vessels, Harland and Wolff intend to accept work in four other sectors: defence, oil and gas, cruising and ferries, and commercial. InfraStrata chief executive John Wood pictured at Harland & Wolff (Appledore)įor dry-docking, the yard has also secured an order for its first vessel for the end of March and nine fabrication contracts are also at their final stages of negotiation.
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