Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding

Navy and Marine Corps leaders tour Bollinger Mississippi

Earlier this week, Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding hosted U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) and a delegation of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leaders at its facility in Pascagoula, Miss. In addition to Senator Wicker, the delegation included Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney and PEO Ships Rear Admiral Tom Anderson. The visit underscored the critical role Bollinger plays in American shipbuilding in enhancing...

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Seaspan Shipyards completes prototype block for Canada’s new polar icebreaker

Steel used in Canada's new polar icebreaker

oth the U.S. and Canada are both building their first polar icebreakers in decades. Polar icebreakers use steel that is considerably thicker than in conventional ships and with tight frame spacings to support icebreaking loads. Last August, Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., began to construct the first of eight prototype modules for the first U.S. Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC), to test the new systems, processes, people, and tools that are required to work with...

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