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Class containerships for Matson Navigation, worth around utilizes commercial best practices to manage the project.” $1 billion, in late 2022. According to the yard, “The ves- In recent months, NSMV 3 (for Maine Maritime) was sels are contracted for delivery in 2026 and 2027,” and are launched in April 2024 (with delivery expected in 2025) now in a “pre-production” phase. The 3,600 TEU ships and steel cutting of NSMV 5 (for Cal Maritime) occurred (able to achieve 23 knot speeds), with LNG fuel capabil- in February 2024. NSMV 2 is expected to be delivered to ity, will be serving in Matson’s China-Long Beach (CLX) Massachusetts Maritime Academy in late 2024. service. Philly had previously built two similar vessels for Philly Shipyard had indicated a hope to apply the

Matson, delivered in 2018 and 2019. VCM template to additional work. Separately, the yard,

The commercial/governmental interplay is further on occasionally bedeviled with labor issues post-pandemic, display in South Philadelphia. The yard was awarded a was the recipient of an $800,000 grant awarded by the contract to build ? ve National Security Multi-Mission U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Small Shipyard

Vessel (NSMV) vessels that will serve as training vessels at Grants program, announced in July, 2024, to be devoted maritime academies, the ? rst of which, Empire State, serv- to a program for hiring apprentices at the yard. ing SUNY Maritime, in New York, was delivered in late The evolving regulatory environment is also driving or- 2023. These ships, being constructed under a federal con- ders for tugs and harbor craft from U.S. yards. A recent tract being administered by Tote, will also have additional case-in-point is the order mentioned above- by Foss Ma- roles, supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster re- rine (a unit within the Saltchuk group of companies) for lief projects. According to the yard, “The NSMV Program a quartet of ship assist tugs to be delivered in 2026. The is the ? rst government sponsored ship building program boats, to be built at yards of ESG in the Florida panhandle, to utilize the Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) model. will be compliant with EPA Tier-4 standards (with a pair

This model places the responsibility for the selection and of 3500 HP Caterpillar 3516E engines) as well as meeting oversight of the shipyard on a government contractor that the newly enacted California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Bollinger Shipyards is constructing a 356-foot-long roll- on/roll-off rocket transport vessel for aerospace manufacturer ULA.

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