Matthew Paxton President · Shipbuilders Council of America At the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, President Trump again stated that he wants reconciliation dollars spent on ships built overseas. But as Congress allocates those taxpayer funds, it and the White House should ask whether we’ve actually exhausted what American yards can do. The desire […]
Record Number of U.S. Shipyards Recognized This Year with Awards for Excellence in Safety, Improvement in Safety, and Significant Safety Achievement WASHINGTON – The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair industry, today announced its annual member safety awards for the 2025 calendar year. This year, 21 […]
“This Administration has committed $65 billion in government shipbuilding investment and released the historic Maritime Action Plan to help restore America’s maritime dominance. Extending the current Jones Act waiver contradicts all these commitments. Waivers do nothing to reduce energy prices for Americans. What they do is chill investment in the shipyards that are the economic […]
The U.S. is embarking on a sweeping maritime revival, injecting billions into a shipbuilding industry that has struggled for years to keep pace with China’s naval expansion and America’s growing operational demands worldwide. Matthew Paxton, the president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, said the nation’s shipyards are underutilized in the private sector for surface […]