With the capacity to facilitate emergent maintenance and repairs for the UK Sovereign Flagship, Harland & Wolff (Belfast) enables sustained Continuous Carrier Capability. Supported by 30,000m² of undercover fabrication facilities in Belfast and 119m of covered drydock in Appledore, the two shipyards work symbiotically to deliver results.
Located at the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Harland & Wolff (Belfast) is six miles away from the end of the Victoria Channel and sixteen miles clear of Belfast Lough. With two international airports on our doorstep our Belfast site boasts accessibility.
Success Stories
HARLAND & WOLFF JOINS FORCES WITH NAVANTIA TO FORM NEW DEFENCE CHALLENGER, TEAM RESOLUTE
Harland & Wolff joined forces with Spanish shipyard and trusted NATO partner Navantia, to form Team Resolute, a UK shipbuilding collaboration which will bid for a range of contracts, including the UK Ministry of Defence Fleet Solid Support Programme (‘FSS’).
We pride ourselves on professional engagement, forming long-lasting relationships and delivering on defence customers’ objectives, however unique they may be.
Mark Lawther
Director of Defence & Government Vessels
Mark leads on our Defence programmes, with a driven purpose to build a new defence portfolio and to grow a long-term defence business for Harland and Wolff. Mark’s key objectives are to collaborate with the MOD and the Defence Enterprise to form and sustain strong trusted relationships and to provide certainty of delivery for all of our defence programmes.
Mark is a driven and passionate defence and maritime business professional. Inspired by a generation of Scottish shipbuilding family ancestry since a young age, Mark holds significant UK and International ship repair, ship build and ship support experience of high-profile programmes and complex platforms now for over three decades.
A proud Electrical and Electronic Engineering Apprentice, with a very colourful and rich career within FTSE100 and FTSE250 defence primes. Mark also holds privileged access to and consultation experience within Navy Command HQ and DE&S operating centres. Along with reputable strengths in export defence and maritime experiences with Brazil, Australia, Romania, France and Canada.
Mark’s claim to fame is as a World Ranking Muay-Thai Kickboxing Champion, achieved when he was 20 years old but these days he enjoys more solemn social golf on his beloved Jack Nicklaus golf resort based in Cornwall.
To find out more about our service offering for defence
Get in touch with our Director of Business Development, Defence, Mark Lawther.
