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Newport News Shipbuilding is the only shipyard in the country building nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In the foreground is the Ford-class carrier USS John F. Kennedy, which is about two years from delivery. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industriesa

Harder, better, faster, stronger

A century after start, aircraft carrier business advances

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On March 20, 1922, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier: the USS Langley. A century later, the Navy is hosting centennial events around the country, including in Norfolk,…

Dominion Energy’s $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off Virginia Beach is set to be completed in 2026. Photo courtesy Dominion Energy Inc.

Tilting toward windmills

Siemens Gamesa positions region as offshore wind hub

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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A.’s October 2021 announcement that it will build the nation’s first offshore-wind blade factory at Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) has put Hampton Roads on a trajectory…

Sound investments

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Let’s simply call it a magazine publisher’s reality check. When news reports of supply chain disruptions and record backups at West Coast ports began to appear last year, I immediately…

Amazon.com Inc.’s Suffolk fulfillment center will be the largest industrial building in the state when it opens this year. Photo courtesy Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon be nimble, Amazon be quick

E-commerce giant continues stretch across state

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When it comes to building warehouses and distribution centers, one company has sought out Virginia over and over again: Amazon.com Inc. The e-commerce giant began opening facilities in Virginia in…

China is historically Virginia’s top trading partner but it raised tariffs on Virginia exports such as soybeans and lumber in response to the trade war begun during the Trump administration. Photo courtesy Port of Virginia

A fair trade?

U.S.-China tensions still impact Va. economy

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While President Joe Biden will likely strike a more diplomatic tone with China than his predecessor, economists and other observers believe the United States’ rocky trade relationship with its biggest…

Amazon.com Inc. is building a five-story, 3.8 million-square-foot robotic fulfillment center in Suffolk. Photo by Mark Rhodes

Making it rain

Increased e-commerce fuels wave of distribution centers

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For Hanover County Economic Development Director Linwood Thomas, things couldn’t get much better. “It’s really been a perfect storm,” Thomas says. That storm — the good type — is a…

Matt Needy, Newport News Shipbuilding’s vice president of U.S. Navy programs, says the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is in the final testing and outfitting stages. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries

The largest yard

Newport News Shipyard steams ‘full speed ahead’

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In a year when the world stood still, forcing businesses to adjust, the shipbuilding industry in Hampton Roads was told from the start to keep working. In early spring 2020,…

The Port of Virginia

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By 2024, the Port of Virginia expects to be the deepest port on the East Coast at 55 feet, with room for two-way traffic for some of the world’s largest…

Maritime Guide 2020

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Welcome to the Virginia Maritime Guide 2020! Below is a table of contents to direct you to all articles that appear in the guide. On deck — With the Navy…