BAE to cut U.S. ship repair jobs

Britain’s BAE Systems plans to lay off more than 800 ship repair workers at two of its American East Coast facilities at Jacksonville, Fla., and Norfolk, Va., due to the lack of Navy and commercial work. The biggest pending layoffs will be at Norfolk, where 530 are to be laid off about March 18. At BAE’s two ship Jacksonville repair yards, 300 are to be laid off due to declines in commercial shipbuilding and repair work. (Source: Defense Daily 01/12/16) Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Maritime Note: BAE has seven ship repair yards in the U.S. BAE's Southeast Ship Repair is based in Mobile, Ala. There were no layoffs mentioned for the Alabama facility.