Page 19: of Marine News Magazine (August 2024)

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Shipbuilding

Our National Maritime Strategy

Needs to Empower Tier 2 Shipyards

By Joey D’Isernia, CEO of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.

A few weeks ago,

China poses to our national and economic security in their a U.S. Coast Guard cutter spotted several Chinese military growing dominance of international waters.

ships within the U.S. exclusive economic zone just 200 A comprehensive U.S. maritime strategy accounts for nautical miles off the shores of Alaska. This incident un- our national security, economic security, and homeland derscores how brazen our adversaries are becoming in the security objectives in both peacetime and con? ict. As the face of a diminished U.S. maritime presence. China’s bra- potential for con? ict in the Paci? c looms large, our focus zen actions are backed by the world’s largest naval ? eet that on military production must be at the forefront, while we they have accumulated over the past several years while our maintain an aggressive posture on the global trade front in maritime capacity has declined. There is a real threat that international waters.

Brandon Giles / U.S. Coast Guard www.marinelink.com MN 19|