Saronic Technologies breaks ground on its Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas and wins a Navy order for 10 Marauder unmanned vessels. Plus Photon Marine wins a $1 million award for an electric workboat and floating charger, and McAllister buys a wharf in Portland, Maine.
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Saronic breaks ground on $3 billion Brownsville shipyard
Saronic Technologies has broken ground on Port Alpha, a planned shipyard at the Port of Brownsville, Texas that will build autonomous and manned vessels for defense and commercial customers, with Vice President JD Vance and Texas Governor Greg Abbott attending the ceremony.
Read the full storyNavy orders 10 Saronic Marauder unmanned vessels
The Navy has awarded Saronic Technologies an agreement to build 10 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels based on its 180-foot Marauder, part of a plan to buy 30, with Galliano Marine Services and Huntington Ingalls Industries also receiving agreements for 10 vessels each.
Read the full storyPhoton Marine wins $1 million award for electric workboat, floating charger
Photon Marine of Seattle has received the first $1 million MegaBoost award from the NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York to demonstrate an electric workboat, a shoreside fast charger, and a floating battery platform on New York waterways.
Read the full storyMcAllister buys Maine wharf to expand harbor footprint
McAllister Towing and Transportation has signed an agreement to buy the Portland, Maine wharf parcel of Sprague Operating Resources, including the pier and warehouse, keeping the property in active marine use as the upland becomes a soccer stadium.
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