Combat Vessels: Jim Irving

Jim Irving: Though a contract for construction of the ships hasn't been signed with Ottawa, Jim Irving expressed confidence that his shipyard in Halifax will be ready to build the vessels allotted for the navy, according to CTV. The Halifax shipyard is now undergoing renovations and upgrades to ramp up for ship construction after it won a $25-billion contract in October 2011 to build 21 combat vessels and HALIFAX -- The company awarded the biggest slice of the federal shipbuilding project is on track to deliver the first Arctic patrol vessel in 2018, the CEO of the Irving Shipyard said Wednesday, but questions remain over the number of ships that will be built. "The tentative schedule today -- start cutting steel in late 2015 and 2018 is the expected delivery time of the first vessel," Irving told a news conference. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.