VICTORIA, British Columbia — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to South Korea in late October to visit Hanwha Ocean’s facilities as the competition to provide Canada with a new submarine fleet has narrowed to two potential bidders .

Carney announced in Berlin on Aug. 26 that Canada had shortlisted thyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Hanwha Ocean as the two firms that are being considered for Canada’s program to acquire up to 12 conventionally-powered submarines.

Carney then travelled the same day to Kiel in northern Germany to tour the thyssenKrupp facilities. He said he would also travel to Hanwha Ocean’s facilities in late October. Carney is expected to be in South Korea at that time for the APEC South Korea 2025 Summit which runs Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.

Carney announced the shor

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