U.S. Navy programs have made recent headlines for falling behind schedule, now the Coast Guard fears delays in several of its acquisition programs as four separate shipbuilders vie for limited workers along the Gulf Coast. Physical impossibility for every individual shipyard to hire 2,000 more people. There is one workforce across many states. The Navy will conduct an analysis of its shipbuilding portfolio to identify national and local causes of shipbuilding challenges. Eastern Shipbuilding is getting creative to keep labor shortages from affecting ship construction schedules. Bollinger Mississippi, Austal USA, and Birdon America did not respond to requests for comments.
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