At the iconic Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff, there is concern around its future following developments during the summer.
The multisite group, which includes yards also in Scotland and England, has announced that its chairman, Malcolm Groat, has resigned from the board with immediate effect.
The resignation comes after the chief executive officer, John Woods, stood down last month after an appeal to the UK government for £200 million in support was rejected.
A group of shareholders have raised concerns as they're worried the business is being lined up for a "pre-pack administration" deal, and that this would mean they could lose most of their investment.
In the latest to hit the beleaguered firm, whose origins date to 1861, a statement confirmed non-executive directors Sir Jonathon Band and Katya Zotova have also stepped down.
More from ITV News on the shipyard, which for the first time in more than two decades built a vessel, in the form of a barge for London based waste management firm Cory in 2023.
The contract Afloat highlights is for 33 barges, of which 14 have been delivered, with construction shared between Belfast and the group's two Scottish yards. This month saw the barge, named Heron completed at the Belfast site.
