Navy analysts: Competing shipyard’s loss isn’t BIW’s gain

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Published
October 26, 2020

Navy analysts: Competing shipyard’s loss isn’t BIW’s gain

Bad news for Huntington Ingalls, the only other shipyard that makes Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy, doesn’t mean the Navy will be more inclined to give BIW future contracts to build ships, according to Navy analysts.
Published
October 21, 2020

Trump security advisor visits BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

In his visit to BIW Wednesday, O'Brien spoke with shipyard management about boosting the company's production to help reach President Trump's 355-ship Navy goal, a promise he made in 2016.
Published
October 16, 2020

BIW continues hiring push but lengthy training hinders its benefits

Bath Iron Works will have hired 1,000 new workers in 2020, and is planning to hire 1,200 more next year, but the larger workforce won't immediately help the shipyard fight back against scheduling delays.
Published
October 14, 2020

Council representing BIW unions calls Collins to remove political ad about Bath shipyard strike

The Maine State Council of Machinists rejects a statement from a BIW employee that Collins "got us back to work," instead arguing Collins did not respond to the union's calls for help during the strike.
Published
October 1, 2020

Defense analysts disagree over whether Collins or Gideon is better for BIW

Some analysts said Sen. Susan Collins hasn't helped Bath Iron Works win contracts for new types of ships, while others argue that's out of her control, regardless of her position as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

Published
September 15, 2020

10th worker at BIW tests positive for coronavirus

In total, seven BIW employees and three vendors have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to BIW spokesman David Hench.
Published
September 10, 2020

Some Bath eateries rebounding after end of Bath shipyard strike

“From the end of March to two weeks before the strike, we were making 600 sandwiches per day for BIW,” said Angela Smith, co-owner of Midcoast Pizza and More. “Then the strike broke out and that stopped.”
Published
August 30, 2020

Strike, pandemic further delay production at Bath shipyard

The USS Daniel Inouye, christened last summer, likely will be completed this winter, according to Bath Iron Works spokesman David Hench. It was originally scheduled to be delivered to the Navy about one year ago.
Published
August 27, 2020

BIW delays mandatory mask policy to October, gets mixed reaction from workers

According to the company’s health and safety policy, “Face coverings are required now for all salaried, Local S6 and [Independent Guards Association] employees, and will be phased in fully on October 5, 2020.”
Published
August 24, 2020

Union members eager to return to work with end of 9-week shipyard strike

The contentious strike of BIW’s largest union ended Sunday after union members overwhelmingly approved a new 3-year contract with the shipyard, allowing members to return to work Monday.