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Home›Green Marine›Caribbean ship order hits troubled waters
Green Marine

February 19, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Caribbean ship order hits troubled waters

Plans for dockyard workers in Portsmouth to build three ships for a Caribbean island have been put on hold. Bosses at VT Shipbuilding had hoped to clinch a £150m deal with the government of Trinidad and Tobago last year. But a political row in the islands, apparently over oil, means the contract has

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Plans for dockyard workers in Portsmouth to build three ships for a Caribbean island have been put on hold.

Bosses at VT Shipbuilding had hoped to clinch a £150m deal with the government of Trinidad and Tobago last year.

But a political row in the islands, apparently over oil, means the contract has still not been signed.

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