Ship building will return to Belfast with news that a consortium led by Harland & Wolff has won a £1.6 billion contract with the Royal Navy.
The deal is expected to create 1,200 jobs across the three companies in the consortium, 900 of which will be based in Belfast, and a further 800 across the UK supply chain.
The Ministry of Defence named Team Resolute – made up of Harland & Wolff, Bath-based design company BMT and the UK arm of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia – as its preferred bidder for the construction of three support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
