Former Harland & Wolff yard wins subsea contract
The Arnish fabrication facility in Scotland once owned and operated byTitanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has been awarded a contract to build deep-see subsea structures in the Caribbean.
New owner of the yard Navantia UK won the contract with oil and gas company McDermott Trinidad, for a project in Trinidad and Tobago.
Without giving any further details of what the work will actually involve, a Navantia spokesperson said the structures would be fabricated at Arnish and collected by McDermott Trinidad from the Stornoway Deep Water port on the Outer Hebrides islands.
They will then be installed ‘as part of an offshore development’, the spokesperson said.
“By securing international work for our Arnish facility, we are not only supporting skilled jobs in the Outer Hebrides but also showcasing Scottish engineering globally,” said Navantia UK CEO Juan de la Cueva.
Navantia did not say how much the contract was worth to the company beyond calling it ‘a significant development for the Arnish facility’.
After months of talks behind closed doors, Spanish shipyard Navantia finally officially took over the beleaguered Harland & Wolff’s four sites in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England just before Christmas last year.
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