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Philly Shipyard Outlines Hanwha’s Improvements, Workforce Plans

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Philly Shipyard Outlines Hanwha’s Improvements, Workforce Plans
Hanwha Philly Shipyard's Dock 4 with its goliath crane in July 2025. (Photo: Defense Daily)

PHILADELPHIA – The Philly Shipyard’s new Korean owners plan to boost the workforce numbers, use several new technologies, and add new capabilities to help it dramatically increase the production rate. While Hanwha Philly Shipyard officials told reporters last week they are looking to boost production from the current one to one and a half ships per year to six to 10 ships per year, that will come with hiring thousands of new workers, adding more robotic technology, and adding more…

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