HALIFAX Irving Shipbuilding has confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 at their Halifax location on Thursday. In a news release from the company, they say an employee who works at the Halifax Shipyard has tested positive for COVID-19. That person is self-isolating, as required. Per contact tracing protocols, Nova Scotia Health reached out directly to the members of the person s crew late this morning and directed the crew of 15 people to go home, self-isolate and schedule COVID-19 tests, wrote the company in a news release on Thursday. It was after this initial outreach that we first became aware of the positive COVID-19 case.
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Massive Type 31 ‘frigate factory’ unveiled in Rosyth
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace welcomed the start of steel construction of Babcock’s mammoth module hall in a virtual message of support.
Standing at 147 metres long, the hall includes 30 metres high, aptly named ‘megadoors’ and will be able to accommodate two vessels being assembled at the same time side by side.
Robertson has been awarded a £31.5 million contract by Babcock to build the Module Hall. This project maintains 100 jobs, and creates five new full-time roles at Robertson and supports a further 100 positions nationally throughout Robertson’s supply chain. The company has also committed significant orders to local Scottish suppliers for the Assembly Hall build.