shipyard

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Recent Examples of shipyard Additional seeds had already been planted last year when Hanwha acquired the Philly Shipyard for $5 billion, with a goal to expand the shipyard’s annual production volume from less than two vessels to up to 20. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025 Oceanco also grabbed headlines by signing a contract with Lloyd’s Register during the show for the classification and certification of a 427-foot yacht, which will be the largest ever built the Dutch shipyard. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025 Must-do stops in Noord include the STRAAT Museum, featuring large-scale street art and graffiti in an 86,000-square-foot warehouse, and De Ceuvel, a former shipyard transformed into a café, boardwalk, and collection of houseboats. Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025 At the center of the Freeport Zone's transformation is the Agila Subic shipyard, operated by Hyundai Heavy Industries. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shipyard
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Noun
  • Smaller, high-speed hydrofoiling electric shuttles can transform every marina into a transportation hub, creating a dense mesh of last-mile connections.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In a new joint venture redeveloping the marina, Everett Landco announced plans to take down storage tanks and dismantle offices at the location this month, per NBC News.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 722-footer was moved from the construction dock to the water for the first time, with tugs then guiding it along a set course to the outfitting dockyard.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2025
  • During our layover, a worker at the dockyard had told me of the attacks and the threat of starvation incapacitating the capital.
    EW.com, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.
    Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
  • Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.
    al, al, 25 Feb. 2022

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“Shipyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipyard. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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