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Tag: Professor Duncan Wingham

  • Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 17:39 UTC

    UK's Cammell Laird will build BAS new £200 million polar research ship

    Cammell Laird chief executive, John Syvret CBE, met with NERC chief operating officer Paul Fox (L) to seal the deal in Birkenhead

    The Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird said it saw off competition from Europe and beyond including Korea and Singapore to be selected as the preferred bidder to build a new vessel for the UK-funded Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The contract was signed last week and it is expected that full production will start in June next year, and on completion the vessel will be operated by NERC’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 05:57 UTC

    UK's new polar ship to be built in Britain; delivery scheduled for 2019

    The new ship will be operated by BAS and will be available to the whole U.K. research community, including for postgraduate training.

    The U.K. Government announced on Monday that Cammell Laird in Birkenhead has been selected as the preferred bidder to build the nation’s new £200 million polar research ship. The decision follows a 12-month competitive tender process that involved bids from companies in the U.K., Spain, Norway, Singapore and South Korea.