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• Shipyard to close facilities in Phila.

  - 2006-05-08

  Metro Machine Corp., a Norfolk, Va., company that came here a dozen years ago with dreams of building a radically new type of tanker ship, is shutting down its Philadelphia operations. The tankers it hoped to build offered innovations to protect the environment, but no one was willing to...

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• METRO MACHINE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DISMANTLING

  - 2005-07-31

  Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded one of three estimated ceiling cost $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite- quantity, fixed price award-fee contracts for the dismantling and recycling of inactive ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. The initial award is for environmental remediation, dismantling and metals recycling of the ex-Barney...

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• Norfolk, Va., Shipyard's Innovative, Environmentally-Friendly Drydock Opens.

  - 2003-04-04

  By Carolyn Shapiro, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4--NORFOLK, Va.--At about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the guided-missile cruiser Monterey completed its journey from the water's surface to the air within the Metro Machine Corp. drydock. The...

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• Navy Ship Work May Ease Norfolk, Va., Job Situation.

  - 2002-12-25

  By Michael Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 25--Just in time for Christmas, the Navy announced it would move up the work on one of its ships, easing the sting of layoffs at Metro Machine Corp.'s Norfolk yard....

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• Metro Machine Corp. has agreed to purchase a prototype UltraStrip Systems Inc. (Quick Takes).

  - 2002-07-01

  Metro Machine Corp. has agreed to purchase a prototype UltraStrip Systems Inc.'s UltraStrip robotic paint removal system for $2 million. Metro is developing a marine vessel enclosure, paint removal and coating system and will evaluate the UltraStrip prototype for use in the system. Metro plans to...

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• Metro buys a robo stripper. (Business Notes).

  - 2002-07-01

  Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk, Va., will purchase a high production prototype UltraStrip Systems, Inc. robotic paint removal system for $2 million. Metro is developing a marine vessel enclosure, paint removal, and coating system and will be evaluation the UltraStrip prototype for use in this Metro Ship...

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• Shipbreaking revival in Philly - Scrap Industry News - Metro Machine Corp. receives Navy dismantle and scrap contract - Brief Article

  - 2002-03-01

  The Philadelphia ship repair yard of Metro Machine Corp. has reportedly won a contract to dismantle and scrap two U.S. Navy warships. Metro Machine, an employee-owned ship repair firm based in Norfolk, Va., has leased a pair of dry docks in the Philadelphia Shipyard with the intention of winning...

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• Recycling Rusting Ships Poses Risks, Rewards for Philadelphia, Other Seaports.

  - 2001-08-20

  By Henry J. Holcomb, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 20--The disposal of worn-out ships has become an international environmental and safety scandal -- and a growing business opportunity for Philadelphia and other seaport cities. The controversy has been...

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• Navy Supply-Ship Job Raises Hopes for More Repair Work in Philadelphia.

  - 2001-08-15

  By Henry J. Holcomb, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15--The Navy's USS Supply arrived in Philadelphia yesterday for $5 million worth of modifications, bringing with it hopes of an expanded ship-repair business on the Delaware River. The 754-foot-long...

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• Union Workers Protest at Norfolk, Va., Metro Machine Shipyard.

  - 2001-06-29

  By Dennis O'Brien, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 29--NORFOLK, Va.--About 60 red-shirted union workers demonstrated outside Metro Machine Corp. Thursday to protest the company's hiring 15 subcontractors to do the jobs of 11 laid-off riggers. "We...

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