Canada names winning yards Irving Shipbuilding and Vancouver Shipyards are the winning contenders in Canada's CAD33 billion naval and coastguard fleet recapitalisation programme, the government announced on 19 October. Irving's Halifax yard will build 21 combat ships in a work packaged valued at CAD28 billion under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy, while Vancouver secured a non-combat vessels package worth CAD5 billion.
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