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 →

A GROUP of apprentices from Cammell Laird have received a national award for a community project marking the centenary of the First World War and highlighting their vocational skills. Trainees from the Birkenhead specialist marine and engineering services company were handed the Centenary Apprenticeship Challenge trophy at an awards ceremony held in London.  The challenge was … Continue reading →

Cammell Laird has delivered a vital boost to a Wirral care home undergoing an ambitious £98,000 upgrade. The Birkenhead marine and engineering services company has pledged £18,000 to Meadowcroft respite home in Spital Road, Bromborough, run by the charity Age UK Wirral. Cammell Laird has also donated a specialist washing machine worth £6,000 to the … Continue reading →

More than a Shipyard – Cammell Laird visit On 1st October 2014 Cammell Laird Ship repairers & Ship builders opened its facilities in Birkenhead to 30 IET delegates. This event of was organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Mersey & and Western Cheshire Network Manufacturing & Management Group in partnership with Cammell Laird. … Continue reading →

Cammell Laird has signed an ambitious new agency agreement aimed at ramping up the company’s profile in the thriving marine and offshore markets in Scandinavia. The rapidly expanding Birkenhead marine and  engineering services company, which has built some of the world’s most famous ships, has appointed Octagone AS shipping consultancy to act as their sole … Continue reading →