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18 July 2012
Britain’s ailing shipbuilding sector is to be the subject of a major supply chain mapping-out exercise aimed at making the industry more competitive globally.
The government has given a £2.8 million grant to the Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association (SSA) to fund the project.
“It’s hard to say if the shipbuilding industry is falling behind the times because each UK industrial sector operates differently,” said Tom Dougherty, assistant director of the SSA. “But everyone in the shipbuilding and repair industry...