Robot boat builder Saronic Technologies has tapped a site in Brownsville, Texas, for its ambitious Port Alpha $3.2 billion shipyard after securing a tax abatement deal from the local government.
The 835-acre site in Cameron County is in the Port of Brownsville, home to the majority of the country’s shipbreaking industry.
Speaking to reporters this week, Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas said the greenfield site could employ up to 10,000 people over the next 10 years and would focus on both commercial and defense shipbuilding. Construction is set to begin this year. A facility is expected to be ready to build in 2028 with the capacity to build ships up to 850 feet, he said. That’s about the size of a Wasp-class amphibious warship.
“That’ll just be phase one of the project. We have the ability to go up to 4,000 acres. That’ll make it not only the largest shipyard in the U.S. but the largest one of the largest shipyards in the world,” Mavrookas said.
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