2019 blir spännande för Philly Shipyard. Politiska engagemanget ökar att det
ska bli så.

Tänk om det både blir bygge av skolskepp och isbrytare hos Philly Shipyard
under 2019.

“Philadelphia is the optimal location” for this contract, said Kenney,
surrounded by about a dozen union workers in front of the shipyard’s main
entrance. “This contract is an opportunity to put this workforce back to
work,” said U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D., Pa.), whose district includes the
shipyard.
...
In the near term, Philly Shipyard told shareholders its “main focus” was
pursuing the chance to build up to five “national security multi-mission
vessels" for state maritime academies.
...
The shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine Group partnered with Philly Shipyard to come
up with polar icebreaker design recommendations for the government, before bids
on the project were due last fall. Appropriations for the first ship were in
flux during the debate over funding President Donald Trump’s border wall with
Mexico. But with $650 million now in the budget, the Coast Guard expects to
award the contract in late 2019, according to the trade publication Homeland
Security Today.
...
Scanlon said that Philly was competing against shipyards in other parts of the
country but that it has an advantage: “This is the only shipyard right now
that’s ready to go. The others have existing projects.”

https://www.philly.com/business/philly-shipyard-kenney-mayor-layoffs-shipbuilding-20190319.html
https://6abc.com/community-events/the-push-to-bring-jobs-back-to-the-philadelphia-shipyard/5206040/
https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/uscg/polar-icebreaker-marching-along-on-track-for-fourth-quarter-contract-award/