With all the Legislative fanfare, Executive Orders, Committee meetings, lobbying efforts and media announcements concerning American Shipbuilding, Naval Warfare and Maritime Dominance, it is no surprise that the result of the uproar
With all the Legislative fanfare, Executive Orders, Committee meetings, lobbying efforts and media announcements concerning American Shipbuilding, Naval Warfare and Maritime Dominance, it is no surprise that the result of the uproar is shear confusion within the maritime industrial base (MIB).
The April 9, 2025 Executive Order Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance lists more than several reports to the President due within 90 days. Following those initial updates other reports are due at 180 and 210 days. The industry as a whole has not seen references to any of the reports being completed. That said, over the years we have seen many Federal transportation programs with good intentions end up with only reports and little to no investment. To support that opinion, the latest GAO report on shipbuilding described the industry as a “perpetual stage of triage.”
As shipbuilders and operators, we are simply confused about the path forward. Is the support and funding commercial or is it governmental? Is the revitalization of the Industrial base based upon legislation, public-private partnerships, private investment, or government subsidy? With those questions coming from many different Federal and private sources, we ask if a “shipbuilding” rebirth is an attempt to satisfy the status
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