BATH — Bath Iron Works is getting a new president. The shipbuilder’s parent company, General Dynamics, announced Wednesday that BIW’s current president, Jeffrey Geiger, will become president of its Electric Boat submarine company in Groton, Conn. He’ll replace Kevin Poitras, who’s retiring. The appointment is effective Nov. 4. General Dynamics says Frederick Harris will become […]
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BIW workers at Navy Yard reported to be safe
Bath Iron Works says three of its employees assigned to the Washington Navy Yard where a shooting took place are accounted for and safe. At least six people were killed in the shooting on Monday. The three employees are permanently assigned to the home of the Naval Sea Systems Command. But spokesman Jim DeMartini says […]
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BIW competing to build U.S. Coast Guard cutters
BATH — Bath Iron Works remains in the running to design and build next-generation patrol cutters for the Coast Guard, according to a statement issued Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. A Coast Guard request for proposals to design and build offshore patrol cutters drew submissions from eight shipyards before a Jan. […]
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No injuries or ‘serious damage’ from fire aboard destroyer at BIW
BATH — A fire on a destroyer under construction at Bath Iron Works was extinguished without injuries Monday night, a BIW spokesman said. The fire, which was reported at approximately 7:30 p.m., occurred in an empty storage tank on the DDG-1001, the future USS Michael Monsoor, BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini said from the scene. Reports […]
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Opposition forms against tax deal for BIW expansion
BATH — Bath Iron Works is seeking site plan and contract rezoning approvals from the city, and a tax increment financing agreement, to expand and make other improvements. A petition opposing another TIF agreement with BIW attracted nearly 370 signatures at the state Senate District 19 polls Tuesday. BIW wants to build a more than […]
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BIW to lay off 40 shipyard workers
BATH — Bath Iron Works on Thursday confirmed that the company would lay off 40 employees effective Sept. 6. The layoffs — 15 pipe coverers and 25 insulators — are due to a lack of work for those particular trades, BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini said. Specific employees will be notified next week. “The layoffs (Thursday) […]
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BIW finishes work on first stealthy destroyer
BATH (AP) — An enormous and technology-laden warship that’s taking shape at Maine’s Bath Iron Works is due to be christened in October. The shipyard said the event will be held on Oct. 19 for the Zumwalt, first of a new class of destroyers that’s the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy. Once derided […]
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BIW plans to add 51,000-square-foot building to Bath shipyard
BATH — Bath Iron Works has announced preliminary plans to build a new outfitting building — just slightly smaller than the existing Ultra Hall — and make other major improvements at the shipyard pending approval and a new tax break agreement from Bath. In a proposal to city councilors submitted Friday, officials from General Dynamics, […]
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Navy awards Bath Iron Works $7.5 million modification for shallow-water warship
BATH — Bath Iron Works has received a $7.5 million modification to a previously existing contract to make changes to the USS Independence, a littoral combat ship, or LCS, built by former BIW partner Austral. The modification is incremental funding already in place with the Navy for the ship, which was commissioned in 2010 in […]