WORLD FAMOUS British shipyard and marine engineering services company Cammell Laird is reporting a busy period of ferry work docking nearly as many ferries in the first four months of 2015 as in the whole of 2014. The surge in demand for Cammell Laird’s expertise has seen 15 ferries docked at its historic Birkenhead 120 … Continue reading →

World famous Liverpool City Region (UK) shipyard and marine engineering services company Cammell Laird has completed painting a Mersey ferry in a ‘dazzle’ design by British pop artist Sir Peter Blake, as part of the events to mark the centenary of World War One. Liverpool Biennial, 14-18 NOW: the First World War Centenary Art Commissions, … Continue reading →

Cammell Laird shipyard has secured a multi-million pound new-build ferry contract with the Northern Ireland Executive. The Birkenhead marine and specialist engineering company was awarded the multi million project by the Department for Regional Development after an open procurement exercise which attracted interest from shipyards across Europe. It will see the firm constructing a new … Continue reading →

Cammell Laird’s employees and sub-contractors have again donated thousands of pounds to two north-west hospices which provide vital care for babies and children. Every Christmas, Cammell Laird raises much-needed funds for Zoe’s Place baby hospice in Liverpool and Claire House children’s hospice on Wirral. In the latest collection, employees and sub-contractors donated almost £7,500 which … Continue reading →

SHIPYARD and specialist engineering services provider Cammell Laird is completing a £49.5m refit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria. The massive 10-month refit is the biggest ever undertaken by the yard since it began its through life support ‘cluster’ contract to maintain nine of the 13 ships in the RFA flotilla in 2008 (see notes … Continue reading →