Seaspan teams with Korean shipbuilding firm
Posted April 16, 2012 12:07 pm.
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NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Seaspan Marine Corporation is teaming up with a Korean firm to get its operations ship-shape after being awarded an $8-billion federal contract.
President Brian Carter says his North Vancouver-based company has signed a deal the STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company to help upgrade Seaspan facilities.
A technical team from STX will assist the shipyards fine-tune operations by recommending improvements to shop layouts, material flow and production methods.
Carter says those ideas will be built into the shipyards’ final facility designs and believes it will make Seaspan more internationally competitive while ensuring long-term benefits for the shipyard’s future customers.
STX is a leading global shipbuilder. It turns 700,000 tonnes of steel into almost 60 vessels each year.
Seaspan was awarded the contract to build non-combat vessels last fall, with construction of a fisheries research ship possibly beginning late this year or early next.
