Booming Demand for Women in the Skilled Workforce
The Hampton Roads Workforce Council’s Women in Skilled Careers (WISC) initiative is an industry-driven program that attempts to bring women into the Ship Repair industry. WISC provides employability skills, entry-level technical trade skills, and industry-specific training through an intensive 9-week session. One of the most unique aspects of WISC is the target audience: not just women, […]
HII Lands USS Helena Contract
The USS Helena (SSN 725) is due for repair, maintenance, modernization, and various upgrades this year. The $35.3 million contract has recently been awarded to Newport News’ own Huntington Ingalls Industries. Although a new award, the contract is set to be complete by October of this year, making for an overall fast turnaround. The work […]
Bollinger Shipyards Delivers Fast Response Cutter to USCG
Late last month Louisiana’s own Bollinger Shipyards delivered the first of three fast response cutters (“FRC”) to the United States Coast Guard. This ship, the USCGC Myrtle Hazard, will be joined by two others making their home in Apra Harbor, Guam. On Thursday, May 28th, the US Coast Guard took delivery of the ship in […]
USS Fitzgerald Returning to San Diego
Destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) has completed its repairs in Mississippi and begun the journey back to its home port of San Diego. This departure occurs almost three years to the day of the ship’s June 17, 2017 collision with a merchant ship. The sail away marks more than two years’ worth of effort in repairing […]
Keel of USCGC Argus Laid in Panama City, FL
In a virtual keel laying ceremony held in Panama City, FL, Eastern Shipbuilding Group joined the first pieces of steel which will be the foundation of the future USCGC Argus. The ship marks the first of twenty-five new Offshore Patrol Vessels commissioned by the United States Coast Guard. This marks the largest-ever vessel procurement contract […]
US Navy Takes Proactive Measures To Address Productivity, Cash Flow, and Worker Safety
THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON D.C. – In an announcement this week, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord made clear that employees working to construct and repair ships for the US Navy are considered part of the nation’s critical infrastructure employees. As such, and consistent with the President’s guidelines, they are excluded from State […]
