Government Readies Shipbuilding Strategy

The Canadian government is prepared to release its long-term shipbuilding plan within weeks, action that is expected to create two national centers to handle the work, reports the Ottawa Citizen.

The strategy is expected to lead to a fierce competition between east coast and west coast shipbuilders, according to industry officials.

Washington Marine Group in the Canadian west and J.D. Irving in the east are said to be in line to submit proposals to become the center of...