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Here Are 10 Major U.S Shipyards Where Ships Are Built Check out this article 👉 #Shipyards #US #Shipping #Maritime #MarineInsight #Merchantnavy #Merchantmarine #MerchantnavyShips

10 Major U.S Shipyards Where Ships Are Built Check out this article 👉 #Shipyards #Ships #Shipping #Maritime #MarineInsight #Merchantnavy #Merchantmarine #MerchantnavyShips

♦ Shipbuilding Excellence: Explore the Top 10 U.S. Shipyards Crafting the Future of Maritime Innovation Dive into the dynamic world of shipbuilding with Zahra Ahmed of Marine Insight exploration of the 10 major U.S. shipyards where the seas come alive. From the bustling Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, to the historic Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, this article provides a captivating journey through the shipbuilding prowess of these maritime giants. Discover the shipyards shaping the maritime industry, such as General Dynamics NASSCO on the West Coast, Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII's legacy of constructing nuclear-powered ships, and Philly Shipyard, Inc.'s venture into major commercial and government projects. Uncover the stories of General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Vigor, LLC, Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII, and BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama LLC, each leaving an indelible mark on the maritime landscape. #Shipbuilding #MaritimeInnovation #USCustomsBroker #FreightForwarding #MarineInsight #JohnSJamesCo Readers interested in import and export services are encouraged to visit johnsjames.com to explore how John S. James Co. can assist.

Appreciated the opportunity to chat with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio's Sarah Maunder about yesterday's recent milestone for the Royal Australian Navy's Hunter class frigate. https://lnkd.in/gSx7b98J An important milestone and great to see - but we must learn lessons from the journey to getting here. The 2009 White Paper identified the need to replace the ANZAC class frigate. The decision to select the Hunter class frigate was made in 2018. In 2024 we are now at the point of commencing construction, with the first vessel not expected to be operational until 2034. 25 years from the need being identified to the first vessel operational. Whilst shipbuilding is about long terms plans, this timeframe, delays in decision-making and embryonic designs has resulted in the RAN having it's smallest and oldest surface combatant fleet since at least the early 1950s, arguably longer. With the removal of strategic warning time - Australia must respond and learn to do things differently. This culmination of issues has left Australia's maritime domain and maritime trade exposed during a period of historically heightened tensions. You can listen to the full interview via the link below 👇 ANU National Security College UNSW Canberra Council on Geostrategy https://lnkd.in/gmeQSh78

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Interesting read and views on the industry.

my latest: Leaders in Washington say they want to rebuild USA shipbuilding. (The perceived lack of domestic capacity goes way back; only in wartime, and the early 1900s oil rush, has USA built a lot of ships...) So the world's largest shipbuilder, part of Korea's Hyundai group, has cut a new deal - to seek U.S. military and government contracts - with the Philly Shipyard, a European-owned, 1,000-worker, state-subsidized works on the site of the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, which has built a lot of the Jones Act commercial ships that run between USA ports, using Hyundai designs, since the 1990s. After a dry spell, Philly Ship has LNG-powered container, "rock" (offshore-wind) and advanced-training ship orders on backlog, for now. Labor sources tell me the other Philly ship repair sites are consolidating, and Hyundai says it wants to build unmanned military ships next; but it's a big step to seeing next-gen shipbuilding arrive here in Philly, especially with our skilled labor shortage. Shipbuilding is hard work. --

Having a longitudinal view is important - in the early days of NSPS (before it became NSS) two programs collided within the newly formed Non-combat Work Package. They both had the same overly optimistic schedule objective but one had to give way to the other. There was a long and drawn out analysis process, as governments are apt to do, about whether the JSS or Polar Icebreaker should go first in the build sequence. At the time the number of changes to the baseline design of JSS were down-played as a factor and the proven design was pitched as presenting the low risk option that would not add complexity to the JSS program. Now these changes are recognized and celebrated (and correctly so I submit) but both programs were targeting a 2017 delivery (was never realistic I know) and will now not deliver to 2025 and 2030 at the earliest. Today, the pendulum has swung further with the focus of discourse being on buying proven ships from a hot production run with zero changes and navies the world over being criticized for introducing too much change, resulting in rampant scope creep leading to blown budgets and schedules. If we accept that no two operators have identical requirements (based upon the mission mix and areas of operation), and that navies the world over will never accept zero change, then there has to be an alternative method! Perhaps that is to start from a blank sheet with a proven designer like Vard Marine Inc, undertake a concept development cycle with the Navy and shipbuilder engaged early and then lock in requirements without any (or very limited) opportunity for change thereafter - the client gets an optimal outcome tuned to their requirements, level of ambition and budget. We do this all the time with both military/government and commercial fleet owners around the globe ... why can it not be achieved on federal shipbuilding programs in Canada? Without a domestic ship design and engineering capability in Canada we cannot argue #NSS has created a truly sovereign shipbuilding capability. We also cannot, seemingly, get the results we desire!

It's good work if you can get it. Australia's Hunter frigates were budgeted at $30 billion for 9 ships in Defence's 2016 investment plan. That rose steadily to $35 billion then on to $45 billion in the 2020 Force Structure Plan, before the Government's Surface Combatant Review recommended the number of ships be cut to 6. That's when the hard-nosed negotiators in our Defence organisation took charge. After intense and difficult work and many no doubt pretty tense meetings with the builder - BAE - Defence has managed to negotiate a huge cut to this extraordinarily expensive program. Unfortunately, the cut is to ship numbers, not to the program's cost. We are now going to get 6 Hunter frigates for over $47 billion, instead of 9 for $45 billion. But a win is a win. And that $46 billion doesn't include the separate costs for the most advanced shipyard in the world that is being built in Osborne, SA - the same place where another ultra modern new shipyard will build the AUKUS submarines, eventually. I expect the Hunter shipyard will be costing some $1-2 billion, although just what taxpayers are paying is not known, because it's being paid for by an off-budget allocation by the Finance Department. We only know the 6 Hunters will costs over $47 billion because of a Senate order that forced Defence to reveal the underlying numbers for the first 3, and SAA's Marcus Hellyer has then done the maths. But this river of cash combined with a state of the art digital shipyard is now resulting in a production 'drumbeat' for the frigates of 'an approximately 2-3 year cadence' - slower than the original 2 year drumbeat. So, this incredible new yard is not letting us build and deliver ships any faster than earlier, older, cheaper yards. A contrast is Japan, who are building Mogami class frigates at a delivery drumbeat of one ship every 6 months, because their Government has told the builder and the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force they live in urgent times, and they have responded. Here in Australia, the government and Defence have stuck with shipbuilding as a 'jobs and growth' initiative, and not changed this to prioritise urgently increasing our Navy's power to help deter war. That's despite their many words about acceleration of capability delivery given our deteriorating security environment. The longer and slower the Hunter build program is, the more cost growth will happen over its lifetime. Already, it'll be the mid-2040s at best before 6 ships have popped out of the Hunter program that was awarded to BAE in 2018.... By then, we will know how the security balance in our region with an aggressive China turned out. Read Marcus' analysis here:

#News #Updates Garden Reach Shipbuilders Secures Export Order for Commercial Vessels! 🇮🇳 Great news for the Indian shipbuilding industry! Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has reportedly secured a valuable export order for commercial vessels. Key Details (Based on Moneycontrol): Contract Value: Approximately $54 million (around ₹44 crore) Client: Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler und Reederei GmbH & Co. KG, a German shipping company Number of Vessels: Four multi-purpose cargo vessels Delivery Timeline: Completion expected within 33 months Vessel Specifications: Each vessel will be 120 meters long, 17 meters wide, and have a cargo capacity of 7,500 metric tonnes. Additional Points: This deal marks a significant step forward for GRSE's foray into commercial shipbuilding. The option to build an additional four vessels in the future presents further growth potential. A Positive Development: This export order strengthens GRSE's position in the shipbuilding market and showcases its capabilities beyond naval defense projects. It's a positive development for India's efforts to boost its shipbuilding industry. #GRSE #CommercialVessels #ExportOrder #Germany #India #Shipbuilding #Manufacturing #Goodnews #GardenReachShipbuilders #GardenReach