French shipping giant CMA CGM Group has unveiled a landmark $20 billion investment plan to strengthen America’s maritime transportation, logistics, and supply chain capabilities over the next four years. The…
Shipbuilding
Trump Preparing Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Shipbuilding
U.S. President Donald Trump is drafting an executive order aimed at resuscitating domestic shipbuilding and reducing China’s grip on the $150 billion global ocean shipping industry and countering its rising naval power.
https://gcaptain.com/trump-preparing-executive-order-to-strengthen-u-s-shipbuilding/
NSMV Program Nears Completion as White House Prioritizes Restoring American Shipbuilding Might
As the White House moves to bolster American shipbuilding, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) marked a major milestone today with the keel laying of the fifth and…
Trump says US plans tax breaks, investment in shipbuilding
The Trump administration may offer tax breaks as part of a wide-ranging effort to revitalize U.S. shipbuilding and blunt the dominance of China in the global maritime industry.
In a speech Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump reiterated his support for the latest proposals to resurrect domestic capacity for the national defense and merchant maritime sectors.
Plans include a new office of shipbuilding within the White House, part of a package of proposals included in a...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trump-says-us-plans-tax-breaks-investment-in-shipbuilding
LNG Bunker Vessel Orders Surge as Maritime Industry Scales Up Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
Eight new LNG bunker vessel orders were placed in February 2025, expanding the global LNG bunker vessel orderbook by 50%, according to DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. The surge…
Trump to create new White House office of shipbuilding
In his joint address to Congress last night, President Trump outlined his plans to revive U.S. shipbuilding, including through the creation of a White House office of shipbuilding.
Here’s what he said:
“To boost our defense industrial base we are also going to resurrect the American shipbuilding industry, including commercial shipbuilding and military shipbuilding. And for that purpose, I am announcing tonight that we will create a new office of shipbuilding in the White House that offers special...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/trump-to-create-new-white-house-office-of-shipbuilding/
Op-Ed: Steel and aluminum tariffs
What is old, what is new, and what recent actions mean for industry
By Jonathan R. Todd, Benesch Law
United States President Donald Trump is no stranger to steel and aluminum tariffs. Trade actions targeting those commodities were a large part of his First Term agenda when he launched those Section 232 trade actions in 2018. President Trump revisited those prior actions less than a month after taking office by issuing Presidential Proclamations effectively updating the nation’s approach to steel...
https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-ed-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs/
Navy Shipbuilding Crisis: GAO Finds Billions Spent Without Strategy as Fleet Goals Remain Unmet
The U.S. Navy continues to fall short of its fleet expansion goals despite investing billions in private shipbuilding and repair companies, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report….
Bollinger Mississippi hosts two key Navy officials
Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding last week hosted Dr. Brett Seidle, acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA), and Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Program Executive Officer Ships, at its facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The visit underscored the critical role of American shipbuilding in enhancing our nation’s defense capabilities and bolstering the U.S. economy.
Bollinger Mississippi currently builds the T-AGS and APL programs for the U.S. Navy, as...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/bollinger-mississippi-hosts-two-top-navy-officials/
Op-Ed: How the SHIPS for America Act can restore U.S. maritime leadership
By Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)
Flanked by two oceans, the United States has always been a maritime nation. Our dominance over the oceans was a key factor in establishing the U.S. as the most powerful nation on Earth. My family has lived this. Both of my grandfathers were seafarers during World War II. One sailed on a Liberty ship in the Atlantic and the other one with the Navy in the Pacific. Their example was an inspiration to me that led me to attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and join the...