The New Hayard Ship Technology shipyard in Leirvik,Norway Photo: Havyard Group

Officials have actually expanded the short-term closure of the Havyard shipyard in Leirvik, Norway till at the very least October 19 after even more employees examined favorable for COVID-19.

All shipyard tasks were initially shut on September 30 after 4 individuals examined favorable for the infection. On October 2, Havyard stated 17 individuals had actually been detected with the infection out of 200 examined.

As these days, the variety of situations has actually currently leapt to 75 with 495 examined, according to Havyard.

“In order to prevent further spreading of the virus and to gain control of the situation, Hyllestad municipality has today, pursuant to the Infection Control Act, decided to keep the yard business further closed until 19 October 2020. Such a decision may be extended until it is deemed safe to reopen the production,” Havyard stated in a declaration.

The shipyard in Leirvik, Norway comes from New Havyard Ship Technology AS, a subsidiary of Havyard Group ASA. According to the firm’s site, the shipyard finishes around 4 to 6 brand-new builds annually and also utilizes 400 to 500 staff members and also subcontractors.

Havyard’s present stockpile stands at 6 vessels, consisting of 3 online fish service providers and also 3 wind ranch solution procedures vessels (SOVs), according to its site.

Today’s upgrade stated it is “foreseeable” that the prolonged closure will certainly currently likely bring about postponed shipments, and also any kind of hold-up will certainly depend upon the level of the closure and also what steps that can be carried out to offset the shed manufacturing time.