Belfast is back on track after Harland & Wolff win a £70m refurbishment contract
Belfast is back on track after Harland & Wolff win a £70m refurbishment contract
Belfast docks were given a boost after Harland & Wolff won a ship refurbishment contract worth £70 million.
The shipbuilding company – founded in 1861 – has struck a deal to upgrade a large vessel for an as-yet-unnamed client.
It is expected to be in dry dock in Belfast for five months, until early 2024.
Harland & Wolff’s dry dock in Belfast is the largest in the UK.
As part of the project, £5 million will be made available to the company to start work before the vessel arrives.
Full ahead: Shipbuilding company Harland & Wolff – founded in 1861 – has struck a deal to upgrade a large craft for an as-yet-unnamed client
In July, Harland & Wolff won a contract from the Ministry of Defense on behalf of the Lithuanian Defense Materiel Agency worth £55 million to regenerate a former Royal Navy minehunting vessel.
And in April, the Belfast shipyard delivered its first completed ship in more than two decades when a ship was delivered to London-based waste management company Cory.
The dockyard’s iconic yellow cranes are known to locals as Samson & Goliath, a symbol of Belfast’s once mighty shipbuilding industry.