A new $351-million frigate upgrading contract -- the largest in Victoria Shipyards' 15-year history -- will create 110 new jobs and provide economic stability for 450 workers already at the Esquimalt site.
'What it really means is a real future in the shipbuilding industry again,' said Bill Morrison, business agent for Local 191 of the Boilermakers Union, one of 11 trades working at Victoria Shipyards. More at Canada.com >> |
September 7, 2010 ~ worldmaritimenews.com ~ 
