shipbuilder
Americannoun
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a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
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a commercial firm for building ships.
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On Thursday, HD Hyundai, a major Korean shipbuilder, created a joint venture with Kiewit, an American construction company, to build an advanced U.S. shipyard starting from next year with full-scale operations targeted by 2029.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Orders for three floating dry docks, worth £6bn, to maintain the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine fleet at Faslane will go to a UK-based shipbuilder, the chancellor has confirmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia has been lobbying hard to build the new floating docks for Faslane, through its UK division.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Dans said he was working with the shipbuilder “to bring some of the best icebreakers in the world to the United States” and noted that the U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Her father had given her a good home, an education, everything a wealthy shipbuilder could give his only daughter—but not forgiveness.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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