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Falmouth Shiprepair Moves Ahead Again With Major New Agreement Falmouth Shiprepair Limited, an A&P Appledore and Bellway joint venture, recently unveiled one of the most progressive working agree- ments in the United Kingdom ship repair industry, in an effort to speed up vessel turnaround and provide superior repair service to shipown- ers. The new major working agree- ment calls for the following meas- ures: round-the-clock shift work, as and when required, covering all trades and services; ending tradi- tional snack breaks, which will allow for continuous work; introducing utilization of labor between the four group companies; and reducing the work week from 39 to 371 - hours. In addition, the flexibility and interchangeability between all trades and sections—a major fea- ture of the highly successful restruc- turing of 1979—will be enhanced. As a vote of confidence in the future, Falmouth has approved fur- ther investment of £500,000 in vari- ous items of plant and capital equipment. The new package was strength- ened by the trade unions reaffirm- ing their approval of ships' crew working on vessels while in port and the use of temporary labor and sub- contractors as required. "The new working agreement is unique in the U.K. ship repair in- dustry and enables us to compete far more effectively with Continen- tal and North American yards," said Falmouth Shiprepair chairman Peter Nash. "We are now in a position to speed up vessel turnaround very sig- nificantly and . . . provide the ship- owner with the kind of service he expects ...," he said. The Falmouth Yard offers excep- tional deepwater facilities, and can drydock vessels of up to 100,000 dwt. 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