Great Lakes shipyards form alliance to pursue Coast Guard icebreaker contract

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is one of three Great Lakes shipyards operated by the Fincantieri Marine Group. Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding photo.

A group of Great Lakes shipyards has announced a collaborative alliance aimed at competing for Coast Guard work and expanding domestic shipbuilding capacity in the region. 

Fincantieri Marine Group, Washington, D.C. — which operates Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis., Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Fincantieri ACE Marine, Green Bay, Wis., — announced Thursday that it is partnering with Fraser Shipyards LLC, Superior, Wis., and Donjon Marine Co., Erie, Pa., to establish a collaborative framework to bring new shipbuilding programs and technology to the "Fourth Coast."

The alliance's immediate focus is a contract to build a series of new Homeland Security Cutter - Light icebreakers for the Coast Guard, the partners said.

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