Shipping and Logistics

March 30, 2021
Steel Shipbuilding Coming to Mobile’s Austal USA
Written by Sandy Williams
Southern steel producers and distributors will have a new customer in 2022. Shipbuilder Austal USA, located in Mobile, Ala., broke ground last week on a steel manufacturing line to build steel ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
Austal USA is known for its construction of aluminum vessels, delivering 24 ships to the Navy in the last nine years. The new manufacturing line will utilize high-strength and corrosion-resistant steel plate to construct steel ships. The addition of a steel manufacturing line will allow the company to bid for a wider variety of contracts.


