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NO. 11 | VOL. 87 | NOVEMBER 2025 36

Matt Binsfeld,

President and

CEO, Brennan:

From ‘Yard Dog’ to the C-Suite.

Photo on the cover: Copyright Don Landwehrle/AdobeStock | Photo on this page: Brennan

Departments 4 Authors & Contributors

The U.S. Navy needs to increase the ? eet size, but the available pool of 26 Addressing the Skill Shortage 6 Editorial skilled workers is not keeping pace. ATDM could be the answer.

By Edward Lundquist 8 Digitalization ABS Wavesight Leads the Way

How life extension and conversion rede? nes U.S. ship repair.

32 U.S. Ship Repair ‘Born Again’ 12 Digitalization (Part II)

By Bob Kunkel From Raw to Real-Time: Engineering Big Data th

A look under the hood of the 4 generation family run business, 36 From ‘Yard Dog’ to the C-Suite 20 Back to the Drawing Board J.F. Brennan Company with Matt Binsfeld, President and CEO.

By Greg Trauthwein 22 Ship of the Month World’s Largest Cable Layer 24 Inland Insights

Olympic Subsea’s owner and CEO Stig Remøy proves tech-led ef? ciency is 44 The Ef

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