Irving out of race to build navy ships Last Updated: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | 11:27 AM AT CBC News A consortium led by Irving is out of the competition to build three Canadian military support ships.
The company, which had planned to build the ships in Halifax, confirmed Tuesday that it had been dropped from the project, but said it didn't know why.
The consortium was one of three syndicates vying for the contract, one of the largest navy shipbuilding contracts in 20 years. The others are ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Canada Inc. and SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc.
Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor was in Halifax last June to announce the government would replace vessels built in the 1960s with new 28,000-tonne ships.
The total cost of the contract, including an $800-million maintenance contract, was expected to be $2.1 billion.
Irving representatives expect to meet with federal officials in a few weeks to find out why they were dropped.
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The government promised the ships would be built in Canada. The remaining bids would see them built in either Newfoundland and Labrador or B.C.
Simple, SNC Lavalin is a QUEBEC company, and the Irvings are well known liberal supporters. But wouldn't it have been nice to hear they would have been building the ships in Saint John!!
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Irving out of race to build navy ships
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | 11:27 AM AT
CBC News
A consortium led by Irving is out of the competition to build three Canadian military support ships.
The company, which had planned to build the ships in Halifax, confirmed Tuesday that it had been dropped from the project, but said it didn't know why.
The consortium was one of three syndicates vying for the contract, one of the largest navy shipbuilding contracts in 20 years. The others are ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Canada Inc. and SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc.
Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor was in Halifax last June to announce the government would replace vessels built in the 1960s with new 28,000-tonne ships.
The total cost of the contract, including an $800-million maintenance contract, was expected to be $2.1 billion.
Irving representatives expect to meet with federal officials in a few weeks to find out why they were dropped.
Continue Article
The government promised the ships would be built in Canada. The remaining bids would see them built in either Newfoundland and Labrador or B.C.
The first one is expected to be ready by 2012.
HUH? What the hell does that mean???
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Simple, SNC Lavalin is a QUEBEC company, and the Irvings are well known liberal supporters. But wouldn't it have been nice to hear they would have been building the ships in Saint John!!
SNC Lavalin has built ships in Halifax with the Halifax Shipyards.
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