Royal Navy shipbuilder in limbo owing to cash shortage at Liberty Steel plant Call for UK state to step in after Gupta-owned Dalzell works in Scotland unable to produce metal for three new warships The Guardian - UK · Jan 18
Ian Murray to cut steel on barge that will help deliver three new Navy ships The Scottish Secretary is to visit the Navantia UK yard in Methil, Fife, on Tuesday, where the £8 million 1,400 tonne barge is being built. Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2025
Swinney hails ‘tremendous opportunities’ after Spanish takeover of yards Spanish firm Navantia confirmed at the end of January it had acquired four Harland and Wolff sites across the UK. Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025
Harland & Wolff deal a ‘Christmas present’ for Scots workers, says Murray He said the Navantia takeover deal will secure jobs at two Scottish yards, and could lead to hundreds of new roles. Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024
Navantia Acquires Harland And Wolff, Securing 1,000 Jobs Navantia's acquisition of Harland and Wolff secures jobs, boosts U.K. shipbuilding, and supports national security. Top News · Dec 19, 2024
Deal to save Harland and Wolff ‘vote of confidence in UK’ – Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the deal would safeguard the shipbuilder’s four yards in the UK. Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024
Navantia to buy Titanic builder Harland & Wolff, saving about 1,000 jobs Northern Ireland secretary hails rescue deal reached with Spanish state-owned company that secures all four shipyards The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024
Deal struck to save Titanic shipbuilder Harland and Wolff Spanish state-owned business Navantia is stepping in to buy the Belfast-based company. Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024
Hundreds of jobs saved at Scottish shipyards as £70m rescue deal confirmed HUNDREDS of jobs at two Scottish shipyards have been saved by a deal to rescue a historic builder from administration ... The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2024
Navantia pressing MoD for improved terms in Harland & Wolff rescue deal Belfast shipyard can save as many as 1,000 jobs if discussions between London and Madrid are a success The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in exclusive talks to buy Harland & Wolff Deal to rescue owner of four UK shipyards, including Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, could save up to 1,000 jobs The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024
Struggles at Belfast’s Titanic shipyard reflect UK’s faded naval power Attempts by Harland & Wolff to restore the city’s industrial prowess could be dashed as the new government beds in, but the famous firm is already in choppy waters elsewhere The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
Defective shaft keeps new navy supply ship out of water A crooked shaft has kept a military supply ship out of action for about a year as Australia's navy and the vessel's builder work on repairs. AAP · Jun 6, 2024
Union warns of threat to Harland & Wolff jobs if Treasury vetoes £200m support GMB says historic shipyard’s workers are concerned by reports that chancellor could withhold vital export credit guarantee The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024
The Hindu · May 5, 2024 Field evaluation of bids for Navy’s mega submarine deal underway; German govt. to acquire stake in TKMS German government to take stake in TKMS for Indian Navy's Project-75I submarine deal, enhancing defence cooperation.
The Hindu · Feb 28, 2024 Top Spanish defence official to pitch for submarine deal in Delhi Spain's Secretary of State for Defence to visit India for submarine deal talks with Indian officials.
The Hindu · Jan 28, 2024 Germany pushes for inter-governmental agreement for submarine deal with India The race for the Indian Navy’s P-75I procurement deal, expected to cost upwards of ₹45,000 crore, is between Germany and Spain, and the process has been considerably delayed
The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023 L&T, Nevantia join hands to bide for Indian Navy’s mega submarine acquisition programme Larsen & Toubro and Spanish defence major Navantia on July 10 inked a ‘teaming agreement’ to jointly bid for the Indian Navy’s ₹43,000-crore contract for the procurement of six stealth submarines.
ABC News · Mar 8, 2023 Urgent repairs underway on one of Australia's newest ships after 'potential mechanical defects' discovered Engineers are working to repair one of the Royal Australian Navy's newest ships, with Defence investigating "possible mechanical defects" on the Spanish-built HMAS Supply.
Birmingham Post · Dec 16, 2022 Rishi Sunak pledges delivery of £600 fuel payment on visit to Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard The prime minister was in Belfast to celebrate the yard's award of preferred bidder to build three Royal Navy support vessels
The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2022 UK Government pressed over Spanish shipbuilding contract as Scotland 'losing out' THE UK Government is under growing pressure to explain a decision to hand a vital £1.6billion ship order to a Spanish-led team, with Scottish yards…
Belfast Live · Dec 6, 2022 Harland and Wolff Royal Navy contract sparks "slagging" row between MPs Former Labour defence minister appears to question Belfast yard's capacity
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022 Ben Wallace: Royal Navy supply ship contract will ‘grow jobs’ at shipyard The deal with the Spanish-backed group will see work primarily go to Harland and Wolff in Belfast but also to Methil in Fife.
Birmingham Post · Nov 18, 2022 Shipbuilding returns to Belfast with £1.6 billion Harland & Wolff deal The deal is expected to see 900 jobs created at the Belfast yard
Birmingham Post · Nov 16, 2022 Royal Navy support ships to be built at Devon’s Appledore shipyard The site’s owners Harland and Wolff and Bath-based design consultancy BMT are part of group that has secured a £1.6bn contract from the Ministry of Defence