shipyard
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The Kang Kon—named after a Korean War general—was docked at an east coast shipyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The company’s 3Q business update signaled that the company is on track to deliver revenue growth through higher shipyard revenue and newly deployed vessels, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In 2022, U.S. private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, co-founded by now-Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, beat out Chinese companies to take control of a commercial shipyard in Subic Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Scotland's state-owned shipyard is to cut nearly a quarter of its total workforce while it waits for confirmation of promised new orders.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eric Epps had made good on his promise to find employment for his brother-in-law Jimmy Goble, who had traded his teaching credential for a painters job at the Newport News shipyard.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Lee is also positive about brisk contract wins by the holding company’s affiliated overseas shipyards in the Philippines and Vietnam to build tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Navy has also been exploring using foreign shipyards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Scottish shipyards do have strong apprenticeship programmes and BAE has opened a shipbuilding academy at Scotstoun.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Along with support vessels, the department said the naval programme would be "a once in a generation investment in new maritime capability", and provide work for British shipyards.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Douglass came north to escape and find work in the shipyards; a big fellow in a sailor's suit who, like me, had taken another name.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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