Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in exclusive talks to buy Harland & Wolff
by Sarah Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6REC6)
Deal to rescue owner of four UK shipyards, including Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, could save up to 1,000 jobs
Spanish shipbuilding firm Navantia is in exclusive negotiations to buy Harland & Wolff, the owner of the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, in a deal that could rescue up to 1,000 jobs.
It is understood the group could take control of the group's four yards - in Belfast; Appledore, Devon; Arnish on the Isle of Lewis; and Methil, Fife - as early as next month.
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