At Cork's Verolme Dockyard, which has a new Dutch owner, one of the floating docks has begun a journey to Singapore. This appears to mean that there will never again be major shipbuilding in Cork.
Report shows Verolme shipyard including the floating docks.
The floating dock, Goliath Atlantic, on board a barge ready to be exported to Singapore.
To camera Tom MacSweeney who says that Verolme will probably be only a ship repair facility in the future.
Interview with Frank Wallace, Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), on concerns regarding the future of the yard.
The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.
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