shipyard
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Philadelphia’s shipyard has experienced a resurgence in recent years following a $5 billion investment by South Korea’s Hanwha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then there's a new kid on the block, a company called Balaena, which recently took over the Cammell Laird shipyard in Merseyside along with the A&P yards in Tyneside and Falmouth.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
But the government had concluded that handing over the work to NVL, a shipyard acquired by Rheinmetall in March, would be too costly, the defence ministry said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The end of the Cold War cost 10,000 jobs at the shipyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
It was the biggest thing to happen to the area since Collis Huntington set up his shipyard in Newport News.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Scottish shipyards do have strong apprenticeship programmes and BAE has opened a shipbuilding academy at Scotstoun.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Ferretti builds luxury yachts under a series of brands including Riva, Pershing, Wally and Itama at seven shipyards in northern Italy.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The Navy has four shipyards that service its nuclear fleet, and the two that service aircraft carriers are overloaded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The U.S. has to ask hard questions about buying foreign support ships, using allied capacity and expanding our own shipyards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“We’ll take the rest. We split up, meet back at the Red Hook shipyards, not Manhattan. That’s where they’ll be expecting us. Got it?”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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