Dalzell steel shortage judged low risk to FSS ship build

Dalzell steel shortage judged low risk to FSS ship build

The Ministry of Defence has said the current shortage of raw materials at Liberty Steel’s Dalzell plant is assessed as posing a low risk to the construction of the Royal Navy’s future Fleet Solid Support ships. In a written answer to Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty, Defence Minister Luke Pollard said that the department’s assessment of the situation was limited in scope, stating that “the current assessment of the potential impact of the raw mat…