How do we modernize and accelerate U.S. commercial shipbuilding while strengthening America’s broader maritime industrial base? That was the focus of a senate subcommittee hearing titled “Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding.” Convened
Matt Paxton, president of the Shipuilders Council of America, was among tjose testifying.
How do we modernize and accelerate U.S. commercial shipbuilding while strengthening America’s broader maritime industrial base? That was the focus of a senate subcommittee hearing titled “Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding.”
Convened by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, the hearing heard testimony from four private industry and policy experts:
Matt Paxton, president, Shipbuilders Council of America,
Jeff Vogel, vice president of legal, TOTE Services,
Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano, professor, Campbell University,
Tuuli Snow, talent acquisition & engagement manager, Snow & Company, Inc.
(You can download their prepared testimony via the links)
“Our national defense requires a robust commercial shipbuilding and repair sector to sustain our military fleet construction and maintenance, provide surge capacity in crises, and assure sealift and logistics in time of war,” Matt Paxton said
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