UK Announces Launch of National Shipbuilding Office

The United Kingdom has created National Shipbuilding Office to galvanise and promote the UK’s shipbuilding enterprise.

“The creation of the National Shipbuilding Office and the appointment of Rear Admiral Rex Cox marks a further demonstration of this Government’s ambition to supercharge the UK’s shipbuilding industry across all four corners of the UK,”  Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. “The newly formed Office will be the strategic centre that drives transformative change across the shipbuilding industry and wider maritime sector and supply chains.”

The Office will be responsible for driving forward one of the Prime Minister’s key domestic priorities across government, working in close collaboration with the sector industrial partners and supply chain.