PORTLAND — Bath Iron Works and two other shipyards have been given the green light to proceed with design work on an offshore patrol cutter for the Coast Guard. Two other shipbuilders protested the fixed-cost contract that went to Bath Iron Works, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana and Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. in Florida. The Coast […]
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BIW opens new training center in anticipation of 600 new hires
BATH — Bath Iron Works opened a new training center Wednesday where it plans to train 200 new employees hired so far this year and another 400 by year’s end to help build six destroyers for the U.S. Navy. Matt Wickenheiser, a spokesman for the company, said the project is part of $60 million in […]
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BIW plans to hire 600 workers this year
BATH — Bath Iron Works is expected to hire about 600 people this year as it works on six Navy destroyers at the same time. The hiring spree will bring the General Dynamics facility workforce to more than 6,000 people for the first time in a decade. With roughly 5,450 workers, BIW is one of […]
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Bath Iron Works gets $57 million in Navy contracts
BATH — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said Bath Iron Works has won two Navy contracts totaling more than $57 million for fleet maintenance and engineering projects. Pingree said Tuesday that half the money is for design and engineering work on the Littoral Combat Ship. The ship is designed for coastal operations such as transporting equipment […]
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Thousands in Bath cheer christening of ‘most advanced Navy ship in the world’
“This ship is a modern marvel,” said U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. “She will support our allies, assist those in need, and deter and defeat, if necessary, any adversary. He said the increase in ships is so the Navy will continue to be at the right place not just at the right time […]
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BIW, union come to agreement on hiring electricians
BATH — A proposal by new Bath Iron Works President Frederick Harris to bring aboard electricians from another shipyard until BIW can train enough new hires has drawn the ire of union officials, who have negotiated an alternate plan. According to Jay Wadleigh, president of Local S6 of the Machinists union, the largest union at […]
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BIW is finalist for Coast Guard cutter design
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Bath Iron Works is one of three finalists in a design competition for a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. BIW was one of eight shipyards that submitted proposals for the design of the vessel. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Coast Guard on Tuesday narrowed the selection to […]
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BIW receives $100 million toward fifth DDG-51 destroyer
BATH – The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Sunday approved $100 million in funding to allow Bath Iron Works to begin building a fifth DDG-51 destroyer. The funding was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed in December, but the appropriations committee still had to appropriate the funding. In […]
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Delegation pushing for $100M to start new destroyer at BIW
BATH — A leading defense industry analyst said Tuesday that Bath Iron Works is likely to secure the first $100 million the shipyard needs to build a DDG 51 destroyer that lacked funding because of last year’s automatic federal budget cuts. In June, the Department of Defense awarded contracts for nine of Arleigh Burke-class guided […]
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BIW evacuates building because of propane leak
BRUNSWICK — The Bath Iron Works’ Cross Building off Bath Road was evacuated Thursday morning after a small propane leak in a heating unit was discovered. Firefighters responded just after 8 a.m. and found no elevated levels of natural gas in the building, according to Brunswick Fire Lt. Steve Emmons. Only 30 percent of the […]