1.   There have been other failed efforts to save the yard.

2.   He said the workers were expecting the government to act, while authorities never intended to save the yard.

3.   Many hoped that a contract to build five ships over the next two years, which bankruptcy receivers had negotiated with a German company, would save the yard.

4.   The government rejected a plan to save the yard by creating a new company on the basis of the bankrupt shipyard.