Philly Shipyard wins MarAd contract for academy training ships

摘要

Philly Shipyard will build the first national security multi-mission vessels (NSMVs) to serve Americas state maritime academies and provide disaster and humanitarian response. TOTE Services, the vessel construction manager for the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) NSMV program, awarded the $630 million contract for two lead ships in April. Options for three additional vessels would bring the total contract value to $1.5 billion for Philly Shipyard, which has struggled to find enough work to keep its doors open.