Philly Shipyard Inc. yesterday held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction on the first of three 3,600 TEU Aloha class LNG-fueled containerships to be built for Honolulu-headquartered Matson Navigation Company Inc.
Representatives from Philly Shipyard and Matson gathered for short remarks before Regis Burkhardt, Matson site team manager, pushed the button of the shipyard’s state of the art plasma cutter to officially begin production.
“Today we celebrate not only the beginning...