shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd 
: a yard, place, or enclosure where ships are built or repaired
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But like the Phoenicians and Greeks of the past, many are also now looking to the wind
At a shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey a new kind of cargo vessel is undergoing final checks before embarking this summer on a round-trip voyage from France to Canada and the United States.
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Nick Nuttall, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
And that training is well underway at nearby Ella Grasso Technical High School, where students work with the same state-of-art equipment in use at the shipyard.
—Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Head became a female welder in the Richmond shipyards.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
While Chinese shipyards produce over 1,000 oceangoing vessels a year, the U.S. produces fewer than 10, according to data from Clarksons Research cited by the unions’ petition to the USTR.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2025
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Nick Nuttall, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
And that training is well underway at nearby Ella Grasso Technical High School, where students work with the same state-of-art equipment in use at the shipyard.
—Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Head became a female welder in the Richmond shipyards.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
While Chinese shipyards produce over 1,000 oceangoing vessels a year, the U.S. produces fewer than 10, according to data from Clarksons Research cited by the unions’ petition to the USTR.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2025
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shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd
: a place where ships are built or repaired
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