60 years of service to the maritime industry
A senior manager at the British shipbuilder Cammell Laird has become one of the UK’s longest serving chief estimators after clocking up 60 years’ in the ship repair industry.
Cammell Laird’s Jim Clark, 76, has worked with world leading maritime brands from Blue Star Line to his current role at Cammell Laird delivering estimates for more than 11,000 shiprepair projects worth circa £100 billion,
“For the last 17 years Jim has been instrumental in helping revive the Cammell Laird brand and has also played a significant part in rebuilding the maritime industry here on Merseyside,” said John Syvret CBE, chief executive, Cammell Laird.
“The shipbuilding industry is world renowned for its unpredictability and turbulent nature, but despite this, throughout his 60 years’ of service Jim has only ever been out of work for a fortnight. That in itself shows the capability, dedication and commitment of Jim Clark. This is understood and recognised not just by the people in industry today but for generations before us.”
Mr Clark’s influence at Cammell Laird has been credited for helping secure the biggest shipbuilding project in the UK for a generation, the £150million Sir David Attenborough polar research vessel currently under construction at the site in Birkenhead.
He said: “I have thoroughly enjoyed every step of the journey and each and every company I have been involved with throughout my 60 years of work.”
“I look forward to continuing my work at Cammell Laird and further serving this unique and compelling industry.”
By Anne-Marie Causer
