In a brief e-mailed statement, Mary Keith of J-D Irving says Steve Durrell is no longer working with the shipbuilder but is not spelling out the reason or reasons behind his departure after more than 27 years with the company.
She does say a replacement is being sought but Ross Langley who's vice chairman of Irving Shipbuilding, will take over in the interim.
Last year Ottawa announced that the Irving shipyard would receive the lion's share of its $35-billion federal shipbuilding procurement project.
Under the deal, the shipyard won the right to bid on $25 billion worth of combat vessels.
