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Maine delegation opposes Trump’s destroyer construction cuts

by By DAVID SHARP The Associated Press February 12, 2020February 12, 2020

PORTLAND — President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes funding for two destroyers like those built at Bath Iron Works in the upcoming year but would slash the number of destroyers built in subsequent years, Maine’s congressional delegation said Tuesday. The delegation “strongly opposes” a reduction in the number of destroyers built over a five-year time […]

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Navy requests Bath-built destroyer replace submarine in 2021 budget

by Kathleen O'Brien February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

The destroyer, which Bath Iron Works can compete to build, would inch the Navy closer to the Trump Administration’s 355-ship naval fleet goal, which Congress made law in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Bath-built USS Fitzgerald repaired and undergoing tests after fatal collision

by Kathleen O'Brien February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Mississippi-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, Bath Iron Works’ competitor, was awarded $523 million to repair and modernize the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in 2017.

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BIW battling bed bugs

by Kathleen O'Brien January 26, 2020January 26, 2020

A union representative said the shipyard has taken steps to isolate and control the pest problem.

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Bath Iron Works battling bedbugs

by Kathleen O'Brien January 26, 2020January 26, 2020

A union representative says the shipyard has taken steps to isolate and control the pest problem.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: ‘Good old boys club’ management has cost BIW its workers’ trust

by Thomas P. Kurtz Special to the Press Herald January 22, 2020January 21, 2020

If shipyard managers want productivity to rise and labor-hour costs to fall, they should look to the Golden Rule.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Bath Iron Works is holding up its end of the deal

by Mary E. Small Special to the Press Herald January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.

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Despite proposed cuts, Pingree ‘confident’ Bath shipyard will fulfill contracts

by Kathleen O'Brien January 19, 2020January 20, 2020

Department of Defense recommended slashing the number of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers built for the Navy between 2021 and 2025 from 12 ships to seven.