Twitxy Saved

Valstad Shipworks

Verified account This account is verified. Learn more

@ValstadShip

Reviving American Shipbuilding.
Texas valstad.com Joined March 2025
35 Following 3.8K Followers 115 Posts

Latest posts 5

Valstad Shipworks Verified account @ValstadShip
Conventional wisdom: US shipbuilding can't be competitive because of steel prices and high wages.

Reality: Wages are similar in the US and South Korea, but South Korean yards are 4-5x more productive.

The solution: Scale & specialization. We need to build a lot more ships.