A New Industry Surfaces with Submarine Deal
A new shipyard in Halifax, a nation-wide supply chain connecting into naval bases on Canada's East and West Coasts, increased Navy recruitment and the promise of jobs, jobs, jobs
On Monday Prime Minister Mark Carney stood on the deck of one of Canada’s new Arctic patrol ships and announced German shipbuilder TKMS had won the contract to build up to 12 new submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Canadian and TKMS officials will now negotiate the detailed contract over the next six to eighteen months, which will see Canada enter into a joint procurement relationship with Germany and Norway to purchase TKMS’ new Class 212CD (common design) submarines.
My interest is in this story is what it will mean on the ground, specifically in Victoria and Halifax, home to the naval bases where the subs will dock and where over they will be sustained, the word the industry uses to describes the upgrades, retrofits, regular maintenance and repairs required to keep these subs running for 30 or 40 years.
My story for Be Giant, Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry: From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape dives into what this means and what businesses looking to tap into these new supply chains should do to prepare.
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