USA Wraps Up Navy-Funded Grant Aimed at Building Gulf Coast Maritime Workforce
The University of South Alabama completed a $250,000 Navy-funded grant with Northeastern University aimed at strengthening the Gulf Coast maritime workforce.
Austal USA Lands $12.8 Million Order for Columbia-Class Submarine Work
Austal USA has received its first components order for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program, a milestone that deepens the Mobile shipyard’s role in the nation’s submarine industrial base. The…
Austal USA Opens Its Doors Saturday for Major Mobile Hiring Push
Shipbuilder Austal USA will open its Mobile shipyard to job seekers this weekend, hosting a hiring event that arrives as the company works through one of the busiest stretches in…
Austal begins construction on first steel ship at Mobile shipyard
MOBILE, Ala. — The city’s largest private employer is entering a new chapter: Austal USA kicked off construction of its first steel-hulled ship at its Mobile riveryard, marking a major…
Mobile City and County to Split $3 Million for Road Access Improvements at Austal USA
Mobile city and county leaders prepared to put $3 million behind one of the region’s biggest employers, with a vote set on an agreement to improve road access to Austal…
Austal USA delivers future USS Savannah to the Navy
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA has delivered the future USS Savannah to the U.S. Navy, marking another milestone for the shipbuilder’s Mobile operations. The delivery hands the Navy a completed…
$129 Million Navy Barge Disposal Project Lands at Port of Mobile, Fueling Regional Shipbuilding Boom
A $129 million Navy Surface Ship Support Barge disposal project has arrived at the Port of Mobile, part of a broader wave of shipbuilding and industrial growth across the region.
Ingalls Shipbuilding Plans to Hire About 3,000 Shipbuilders on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Ingalls Shipbuilding announced in June 2021 that it planned to add approximately 3,000 full-time shipbuilders at its Pascagoula yard as part of a long-term growth plan, and it invited job…
Acting Navy secretary tours Austal and Ingalls shipyards in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker joined U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl of Alabama’s 1st District and U.S. Rep. Steve Palazzo of Mississippi’s 4th District on tours…
Austal USA breaks ground on $100 million steel manufacturing line in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA will break ground Friday on a new steel manufacturing line at its Mobile shipyard, a roughly $100 million expansion that the company says will let…