RE: John Wood on LinkedIn19 Jan 2023 22:43
“ What a week……. it was fantastic to welcome the SoS for Defence to Belfast. It’s just over three years since I was handed the keys for the Harland and Wolff shipyard. We are bringing ship building back home to Belfast.
To achieve this is the time we have has taken a incalculable amount of effort and dedication from my team, vision, trust and belief of our partners Navantia and BMT. Everyone that has and continue to support us through this rebuilding stage have been amazing.
As they say the hard work starts now, we have a lot of work to do in the coming weeks, months and years ahead. To have a ten year backlog gives us a good platform to build on.
With the £1.62bn contract comes a £77m investment into our facilities, this will turn us into one of the most automated shipyards in the U.K., being able to compete on a whole range of vessels and structured globally driving substantial exports.
With 1200 jobs being created in our yards, this will ensure many generations will continue to build ships in Belfast and Appledore.”