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ALIBRA SHIPPING WEEKLY TIME CHARTER RATES ALIBRA SHIPPING WEEKLY TIME CHARTER RATES FORWARD CURVES: SHIP TYPES (USD/DAY) Blue curve shows calculated forward TCE; dashed line shows Alibra physical TC benchmark. Arb metrics compare the curve to the benchmark over 6M, 12M and 18M horizons. Loading…
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Why don’t construction and factory workers want to build ships?​

The U.S. government is spending over a billion dollars to recruit hundreds of thousands of workers it estimates will be needed in Philadelphia and other shipbuilding centers to expand the Navy and compete with lower-cost Chinese yards, as President Donald Trump proposes. The campaign includes “Build Submarines” ads on social media and SEPTA bus shelters and grants to training programs.

“You have to work the parents,” Michael Cadenazzi, assistant secretary of war for industrial base policy, told contractors assembled by Trump and U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle in July. “Mom and Dad need to understand their kid is succeeding, even if they skip college for “AI-proof jobs” as “the wizards behind the warriors — shipfitters, welders, pipe fitters.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/gen...t-to-build-ships/ar-AA2bRANq?ocid=socialshare
 
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