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Brownsville, Texas, Chosen For New Shipyard

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Brownsville, Texas, Chosen For New Shipyard

July 24, 2026

Saronic Technologies announced July 16 that it has selected Brownsville, Texas, as the future home of Port Alpha, its next-generation shipyard designed to help restore American maritime strength and significantly expand… Read More

IMX Session Discusses Shipyard Funding

Panelists at the funding and financing session at the 2026 Inland Marine Expo, titled “Making the Most of the Moment: Updates on the MarAd Capital Construction Fund and Small Shipyard Grant Programs,” discussed funding opportunities for shipyards through U.S. Maritime Administration programs. Pictured from left to right: Dave Matsuda, principal of Matsuda & Associates LLC; Erica Young, director of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition; and David Gilmore, director of the office of marine financing at MarAd. (Photo courtesy of ECN Photography)

IMX Session Discusses Shipyard Funding

July 10, 2026

Associates of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) representing the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition and the Capital Construction Program discussed funding opportunities for U.S. shipyards during the funding and financing… Read More

Small Shipyards Support Their Communities

July 2, 2026

In 2025, the U.S. Maritime Administration released its survey of “Major U.S. Private Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities.” It listed 269 “small- and medium-sized” shipyards and repair yards, 45 described… Read More

President’s Budget Request Contains Shipbuilding Details

April 16, 2026

The Trump administration’s proposed Commercial Shipbuilding Infrastructure Development Program is a new $250 million initiative in President Donald Trump’s FY 2027 budget request, aimed at modernizing U.S. shipyard… Read More