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Fundraising expands IYRS scholarships
NEWPORT – The International Yacht Restoration School has expanded its scholarship opportunities for students applying to the school’s three full-time programs. more
5/13/13
Blount to spend $250K on fine, clean up over clean air violations
After claims that its Warren shipbuilding and ship repair facility had violated the federal Clean Air Act National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities, Blount Boats Inc. has agreed to pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a clean air project. more
Smooth sailing for firm’s remote boat monitors
When you sell remote boat monitors, your market covers the waterways of the world. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 5/6/13

Portsmouth boatyard to reduce emissions, pay penalty in EPA settlement
Portsmouth-based boatyard, New England Boatworks Inc. will pay a $31,500 penalty and take steps to reduce air emissions at its facility under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA announced Wednesday. more
| 5/1/13
Electric Boat lands $20M for sub services
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $20 million contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat for nuclear-maintenance work for submarines. more
| 4/23/13
New boat show finds place in crowded waters
ShamWows may be, as organizers of the Rhode Island Boat Show said, “awesome,” but you won’t find them there. more
By Rebecca Keister
Contributing Writer | 4/23/12
While others contract, EB is ramping up for growth
It’s a strange and wonderful time at Electric Boat. While most of the American defense sector contracts under federal budget cuts, the Groton, Conn.-based submarine builder is starting its largest expansion in a generation. At the company’s North Kingstown plant, Electric Boat is scaling up from 2,500 workers to potentially twice that number over the next eight years to develop the nation’s next ballistic-missile submarine. After years of cutbacks at Electric Boat, President Kevin J. Poitras is drawing on his 40 years of experience, which included the submarine arms race against the Soviet Union, to manage this new growth period. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Honda to ship to Port of Davisville
Honda will begin shipping autos to the Port of Davisville in 2014, a “key sign of growth in the port’s emergence as one of the largest auto-importers in North America,” the Quonset Development Corporation announced Friday. more
| 4/19/13
Boat Show expands for 2013 event
The Rhode Island Boat Show is expanding to five venues for its third year, its organizers announced Wednesday, in a move to increase its showcasing of the Ocean State as a recreational boating destination that also houses a varied group of boating businesses, facilities and products. more
Navy said to seek funding increase for Virginia-class submarines
The U.S. Navy will propose increased submarine and aircraft carrier funding in its budget request for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, while sticking to its plan for the troubled Littoral Combat Ship, according to internal figures obtained by Bloomberg News. more
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