Cammell Laird back

Long-term ship repair and conversion work will return to the former Cammell Laird shipyard. The resumption of marine engineering work at the famous Birkenhead yard in the UK follows an agreement being struck between Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders and site owner Reddington Finance.

The two sides have been in dispute since last summer when Reddington terminated a lease on dry docks at Cammell Laird that had been operated by A&P Birkenhead. But when A&P Birkenhead was acquired last year by Northwestern, Reddington moved to exercise a break clause in the lease.

Northwestern now gets a 15-year lease on dry docks on the northern side of the former Laird’s yard while Reddington says it intends to develop the rest of the land for residential and leisure use that could see up to 4,500 homes built there.