October 11, 2013
Ottawa, ON, 10th October 2013: Babcock Canada Inc., part of Babcock International Group, has today signed a Five-Year Teaming agreement with Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie)
The Teaming Agreement will see the two companies working together on future maritime support activities within Canada, exploiting the formidable joint skills of the two companies.
Davie, the largest and highest capacity shipyard in Canada, will contribute shipbuilding and repair facilities and related expertise while Babcock will provide its marine engineering expertise and experience in managing federal government contracts as well as its group expertise as one of the world’s leading naval solutions providers. The team will initially concentrate on opportunities for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Babcock Canada President, Mr. Mark Dixon stated that “this was a significant milestone in Babcock’s strategy for expanding its programs within Canada and we look forward to working with Davie to develop that goal and to demonstrate our collective capabilities to the wider stakeholder community.”
Alan Bowen, CEO of Davie added “we have spent significant time with Babcock over the past 6 months developing a strategy which will culminate in a series of value propositions to the Federal government”