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INSIGHTS

With all that happening today, it is also true that best may be yet to come. Listen in this month as Chris Allard tells us how, and why.

2018 was a good year for Metal Shark. Give us just a few of the major highlights and lead us into what’s new – and coming – in 2019.

Probably our biggest announcement last year was our acquisition of the assets of Horizon Shipbuilding, which brought a 35-acre Alabama shipyard into our portfolio, bolstering our steel shipbuilding capabilities and facilitat-

Chris Allard ing our entry into multiple new markets. Our launch of

Sharktech Autonomous Vessels was another highlight. Our

Co-Owner / CEO,

US Coast Guard RB-S program continued in force, with over 320 units in service by the end of 2018. In all, last

Metal Shark year we delivered over 200 vessels to operators in a range of markets including US and foreign militaries, passenger naval architect and graduate of the Webb Institute, vessels, and others.

Co-Owner/CEO Chris Allard introduced the en- 2019 is poised to be another exciting year for Metal A gineering-centric approach that has fueled Metal Shark. We’ve already delivered the