Category: SHIPS for America Act
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VIDEO: Senate hearing focuses on reviving U.S. commercial shipbuilding
VIDEO: Senate hearing focuses on reviving U.S. commercial shipbuilding How do we modernize and accelerate U.S. commercial shipbuilding while strengthening America’s broader maritime industrial base? That was the focus of a senate subcommittee hearing titled “Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding.” Convened by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,…
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Senator Todd Young tours Indiana’s Corn Island Shipyard
Senator Todd Young tours Indiana’s Corn Island Shipyard On Monday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) toured Corn Island Shipyard in Spencer County, Indiana, to learn more about its operations, workforce, and manufacturing of custom barges. Toured Corn Island Shipyard in Spencer County to learn more about its operations, Hoosier workforce, and manufacturing of custom barges.…
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Society of Marine Port Engineers provides seed funding for SL7EXPO
Society of Marine Port Engineers provides seed funding for SL7EXPO The SL7EXPO project, which aims to preserve one of the groundbreaking SL-7 Sea-Land Container ships as a maritime exposition center in support of the SHIPS for America Act, has received seed funding from the Society of Marine Port Engineers (SMPE). Originally built by containerization innovator,…
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Senesco Marine’s Ted Williams to speak on U.S. maritime revival
Senesco Marine’s Ted Williams to speak on U.S. maritime revival As momentum builds on Capitol Hill for a sweeping revitalization of American shipbuilding, Ted Williams, president of Rhode Island-based Senesco Marine, will take the stage at Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA with a timely and urgent message: the United States must rebuild its shipbuilding capacity—now.…
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CORE POWER: SHIPS for America Act will inject capital into US shipbuilding, nuclear technologies
CORE POWER: SHIPS for America Act will inject capital into US shipbuilding, nuclear technologies UK-based maritime nuclear innovation company CORE POWER has lent its voice to proposed legislation being reintroduced in the US Senate that calls for a transformation of the US shipping sector. The post CORE POWER: SHIPS for America Act will inject capital…
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VIDEO: Kelly and allies reintroduce SHIPS for America Act
VIDEO: Kelly and allies reintroduce SHIPS for America Act At a Capitol Hill press conference yesterday, Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz), Senator Todd Young (R.-Ind.), Representative Trent Kelly (R.-Miss-01), Representative John Garamendi (D.-Calif-08), and industry leaders announced the reintroduction of the SHIPS for America Act, landmark legislation to revitalize the United States shipbuilding and commercial maritime…
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Op-Ed: How the SHIPS for America Act can restore U.S. maritime leadership
Op-Ed: How the SHIPS for America Act can restore U.S. maritime leadership By Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Flanked by two oceans, the United States has always been a maritime nation. Our dominance over the oceans was a key factor in establishing the U.S. as the most powerful nation on Earth. My family has lived this. Both…
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SHIPS for America Act introduced
SHIPS for America Act introduced Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Representative John Garamendi (D-Calif.-8), and Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss,-1) introduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act, comprehensive legislation to revitalize the United States shipbuilding and commercial maritime industries. After decades of neglect, the legislators…