Newdock, St. John’s Dockyard Limited, has been awarded a $10-million contract for refit work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Hudson as part of the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.
The contract was announced Monday in St. John’s.
The contract will help sustain approximately 180 direct project-related jobs for Newdock and its subcontractors through the refit work which will involve replacing steel and repairing various areas of the vessel’s decks.
Work is expected to be complete in the fall.
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