Marine Highway National Security Ohio Jobs Rally in Support of The Bartlett Maritime PlanTM
Bartlett Maritime Corporation is pleased to announce that the Marine Highway National Security Ohio Jobs Rally hosted by the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department and Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council to support the Bartlett Maritime PlanTM was livestreamed on Fox 8 News and WKYC 3 Studios.
The event which included Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur and Tim Ryan, along with AFL-CIO Metals Trades Department President Jimmy Hart speaking in support of the plan can be viewed at: Lorain Lordstown naval shipyard: Rally for Lorain naval shipyard (fox8.com) and What is the Bartlett Maritime Plan in Lordstown and Lorain, Ohio? | wkyc.com. The complete video of the rally, including all speakers, can be viewed at: Rally to support Lorain, Lordstown Bartlett Maritime project - YouTube.
Over the last decade the nation’s 4 Naval Shipyards have been unable to complete the required maintenance on the US Navy’s aircraft carriers and submarines, with an average, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis, of more than 0.6 aircraft carriers and more than 3.4 submarines always unexpectedly sidelined in delayed maintenance. GAO and other third-party entities such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Navy itself, and the Heritage Foundation have extensively documented this current US Navy aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance crisis. In addition, the nation’s nuclear shipbuilders have been challenged to meet ship construction schedules. This industrial base crisis is described in more detail, with extensive reference to these third-party analyses, on our website. In December 2021, reflecting the expansive nature of this industrial base challenge, President Biden applied the Defense Production Act to the Navy’s Virginia Class submarine program. In response, Bartlett Maritime Corporation has developed its immediately actionable, cost-effective public-private-partnership proposal – The Bartlett Maritime Plan™ – to add the required capacity and capability to the nuclear-powered ship construction and maintenance industrial base. The company’s team includes an exceptionally well-qualified team of senior leaders in both Naval shipbuilding & maintenance and in various key aspects of commercial industry on both the company’s Senior Advisory Board and the company’s senior operating staff. This plan is endorsed by the AFL-CIO Metal Trades and Maritime Departments, and the Seafarers International Union, representing more than 5 million members.
The proposal plans to build upon Ohio’s previous history of supporting the U.S. Navy. "Ohio has always been home to key elements of America's naval industrial base," said Captain Edward Bartlett, USMM, and founder of Bartlett Maritime Corporation. "Every nuclear-powered ship in the U.S. Navy, for instance, features unique components and equipment that were designed and built in Ohio. The Bartlett Maritime Plan builds on Ohio's long heritage of support for the U.S. Navy and leverages the state's abundant resources and world-class union workforce to help the Navy address the national security challenges associated with both nuclear-powered ship maintenance and submarine construction. This all comes together in Lorain and Lordstown, Ohio – we love hardhats, and when we get done with this development project there will be thousands of great new hardhat jobs along the North Coast here in Ohio as we support the US Navy and our national security."