Daily News | With a $1 billion order, Philly Shipyard shrugs off gloomy economy and steams ahead
“When a shipowner comes back to you and places a new contract in your yard, then you know you’ve done a great job,” said Nerbovik, a Norwegian who has spent his life building ships. “So we are very proud of the relationship we have with Matson.” The three new vessels, which are scheduled to be delivered in 2026 and 2027, can use liquefied natural gas for fuel, which produces less pollution than diesel and will help Matson meet its goals of reducing emissions.
On a recent tour of the shipyard, Nerbovik greeted workers amid showers of sparks from welders joining massive steel panels that will form the ship’s hull. “It’s a great day to be a shipbuilder,” said Lily Lawrence, 24, of Drexel Hill, who is in the first year of a three-year shipyard apprenticeship program.
Shipbuilding has always been a cyclical business, but it has been particularly difficult for U.S. shipyards, whose high labor costs can’t compete with giant enterprises in South Korea and China that build large ships in assembly-line fashion for the international market.
. The Philly Shipyard consortium enlisted labor and political leaders to press the Coast Guard for the contract, but the work was awarded in 2019 to VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., for $746 million.and has not yet completed the icebreaker. The troubled shipbuilder was sold last week for a token $15 million to Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards, which will assume the Coast Guard contract.
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