Part of a group of companies that make up Fraser Industries, Fraser Shipyard is a 138-year-old on Lake Superior, an organization which makes equal revenue from newbuild and ship repair, able to
Part of a group of companies that make up Fraser Industries, Fraser Shipyard is a 138-year-old on Lake Superior, an organization which makes equal revenue from newbuild and ship repair, able to work in both steel and aluminum. Recently it signed a collaboration agreement with HD Hyundai to help migrate process and technology from one of the world’s biggest and best shipyard to the shores of Lake Superior. Patrick Kelly, CEO, Fraser Shipyard, discussed the importance of this agreement, as well as the shipyard’s plan to invest in and build the ‘Shipyard of the Future.’
There is no shortage of discussion today surrounding the need to rebuild U.S. maritime and shipbuilding capacity. New government initiatives, foreign investment, workforce development and advanced manufacturing technologies are increasingly converging around a simple objective: America needs to build more ships, and it needs to build them faster and more efficiently.
Sitting on the shores of Lake Superior in Superior, Wisconsin, Fraser Shipyards offers an interesting case study in how that renaissance could unfold.
Fraser is hardly a newcomer. Continuously operating since 1888, the shipyard has spent 138 years supporting the Great Lakes maritime industry. But according to Patrick Kelly, CEO, Fraser Shipyards, its
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