Austal breaks ground on expansion

MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA broke ground Thursday on a $116 million project to build three new facilities at its Mobile River complex. The construction should be finished within 15 months. It will allow the shipbuilder to hire another 2,000 workers and complete contracts to build joint high-speed vessels and littoral combat ships. Austal employs about 2,000 people in Mobile. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 03/31/11)