US Avondale shipyard could stay open
17 Oct 2011
Reports from the US say that Avondale Shipyard has taken another step toward stability after the federal government agreed to remove the financial incentive for Huntington Ingalls to close the yard.
Credit for the move is given to the Metal Trades Department, Congressman Cedric Richmond and Senator Mary Landrieu, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and the Avondale SOS Coalition. In a letter to Mabus, Sen Landrieu and Rep Richmond had pointed out that: "the Navy should not undermine" efforts to keep Avondale open by offering "incentives to HII" to shutter the shipyard. They pointed out that the closing of Avondale is "unacceptable" as it would lose shipbuilding knowledge in the region.
