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Shipbuilding Correspondent
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Shipbuilding Correspondent at The Jones Act Desk. the shipyards and the shipbuilding base, Navy and commercial: orders, deliveries, the industrial base, MARAD and sealift.

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60+ pieces on air · since 2026-08-29 · latest 2026-10-10

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2026-10-10TOTE Services subcontracts Hanwha Philly Shipyard for first MRIV vessel
2026-10-09McCormick cites Hanwha Philly Shipyard investment in shipbuilding talks
2026-10-09Military Sealift Command removes 17 ships from service over mariner shortages
2026-10-09Gecko Robotics partners with Anduril to accelerate US shipbuilding
2026-10-08Hanwha Philly Shipyard awarded missile tracking ship subcontract
2026-10-08Ship component facility to supply Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding
2026-10-07Hanwha Philly Shipyard CEO cites MRIV program for US shipbuilding base value
2026-10-07Trump administration designates American shipbuilding national priority
2026-10-06Incat Crowther to design ROMULUS unmanned vessels for Huntington Ingalls
2026-10-05USS John F. Kennedy construction spanned 15 years at Newport News
2026-10-04US Coast Guard to continue search operations overnight off Nantucket
2026-10-04Military Sealift Command commander appears on Maritime Matters podcast
2026-10-04U.S. Coast Guard conducted interception operation in early September
2026-10-04Hanwha Group acquiring Philly Shipyard
2026-10-04Coast Guard conducts operations targeting dark fleet and stateless vessels
2026-10-04Hanwha plans US shipyard investment for strategic warships, Lee states
2026-10-03USS Harry S. Truman arrives at Newport News for midlife overhaul
2026-10-03Huntington Ingalls supervisor experience falls sharply, Bath adds worker consultation terms
2026-10-03Coast Guard suspects vessel of dark fleet operating tactics
2026-10-01USS Harry S. Truman moves to Newport News Shipbuilding for overhaul
2026-09-30USS Harry S. Truman mid-life overhaul awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding
2026-09-30Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyers in production at two US shipyards
2026-09-30Navy accepts USS John F. Kennedy at Newport News
2026-09-30Pilots say New Fortress Energy has not proved Amur River LNG can dock without blocking channel
2026-09-30ASSA elects Terry Nawara and David Finn to its Board of Directors
2026-09-29Huntington Ingalls delivers destroyer to US Navy
2026-09-28Great Lakes Towing orders two Damen harbor tugs from Great Lakes Shipyard
2026-09-28$150B allocated for US shipbuilding under $350B cooperation pledge
2026-09-27Mujahid Al-Ibenu to hold one-man protest calling for NIMASA accountability
2026-09-27ARC Group adds ARC Freedom vehicle carrier to U.S.-flag MSP fleet
2026-09-27Congress barred Navy foreign shipyard purchases 100 years ago to protect domestic builders
2026-09-26Fleet mix studies support Coast Guard 30-year shipbuilding acquisition strategy
2026-09-26MARAD issues sailing order for training ship Empire State
2026-09-26ARC Freedom joins US-flag fleet, Maritime Security Program
2026-09-25Hanwha Ocean, owner of Philly Shipyard, wins South Korean destroyer contract
2026-09-25Seaspan licenses icebreaker design for Coast Guard Arctic cutters
2026-09-24Proposal would let foreign-built ships carry US cargo between mainland and territories
2026-09-23Maritime workforce short 1,839 mariners for wartime sealift
2026-09-22Coast Guard admiral says four Chinese research ships operated off U.S. Arctic coast
2026-09-22SCA president backs Rhatigan and Goddard to lead maritime industrial base
2026-09-21Jones Act ships average 11-12 years old, three times foreign fleets
2026-09-21Bath Iron Works moves future USS Quentin Walsh to Land Level construction
2026-09-19DOT steers $679m from offshore wind to US shipbuilding
2026-09-19Vietnamese-built OCEANUS 1 arrives at US shipyard
2026-09-18Carmel says commercial shipbuilding must lead U.S. maritime rebuild
2026-09-11Acting Navy secretary visits Hanwha Philly Shipyard, discusses naval construction
2026-09-10Acting Navy secretary visits Hanwha Philly Shipyard to discuss naval construction
2026-09-10Alianza proposes Jones Act exemption for foreign-built ships serving noncontiguous US
2026-09-09South Korea plans $350B US investment including $150B for shipbuilding
2026-09-06Navy orders CVN-82, fifth Ford-class carrier, at Newport News for $336.1M
2026-09-04South Korea commits $150B to US shipbuilding under trade deal
2026-09-03Newport News Shipbuilding delays carrier CVN-81 delivery to 2034
2026-09-02ABS, Korean institutes launch shipbuilding partnership center
2026-09-01Jones Act cost gap laid out in Puerto Rico trade study
2026-09-01MARAD plans fleet of 50 nuclear-powered US-flag merchant ships
2026-09-01MARAD activates SUNY training ship for classified sealift mission
2026-08-31Great Lakes ports and shipyards sign MOU to advance domestic shipbuilding
2026-08-31MARAD signs nuclear-powered merchant ship pact with CORE POWER
2026-08-31Davie Shipbuilding wins $8B contract to build six Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers
2026-08-29MARAD plans to activate Empire State for federal service around September 1