shipyard

Example Sentences

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The number and size of American shipyards is distressingly low, while the average age of the workers is distressingly high at 55.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s shipyards, meanwhile, are building the world’s largest navy while spitting out commercial ships.

From The Wall Street Journal

At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.

From Barron's

The Scottish government later nationalised the ailing Ferguson's shipyard in Port Glasgow where Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa were being built.

From BBC

With American shipyards overstretched, the Navy’s maintenance readiness is already a problem, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal