CHANGING FORTUNES, NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US YARDS

With builders starved of merchant vessel orders, the industry in the USA is addressing new areas of opportunity while sustaining US Navy programmes, writes David Tinsley.

Con-ro Matsonia, built by General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, and one of the few Jones Act mercantile completions in 2020.(credit: NASSCO).

With builders starved of merchant vessel orders, the industry in the USA is addressing new areas of opportunity while sustaining US Navy programmes, writes David Tinsley.