A GBP 6m (USD 9.84m) vessel refit contract is set to create more than

400 jobs at UK shiprepair and conversion specialist A&P Tyne.



The yard says it expects to begin recruiting heavily prior to the

arrival on January 4 of the Ministry of Defence Royal Fleet Auxiliary

(RFA) ship Fort Austin.



Work on the 8,300-dwt dry cargo replenishment at sea vessel will last

around four months.



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