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Article: Competition receives mine-sweeper contract; Portship responds with more emphasis on the company's engineering division. (Lavalin Industries Inc.; Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.)
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- Northern Ontario Business
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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"There are hard times ahead for Ontario shipyards," predicts a somewhat dejected Wes Allan. "We're going to be struggling to survive."
The day before an interview with Northern Ontario Business Allan, the general manager of Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Portship), learned that a half-billion dollar contract for the construction of 12 mine sweepers was awarded to Montreal-based Lavalin Industries Inc.
A Toronto subsidiary of Lavalin, Fenco Engineers Inc., won the contract. German Marine of Dartmouth, N.S. will design the ships, while Halifax-Dartmouth Industries Ltd. will construct them.
Portship's parent company, Canadian Shipbuilding and ...