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Ship Building in Maine

Author.Name IBISWorld United States Last Updated: April 2025 NAICS ME33661a

Ship Building in Maine industry analysis

The Ship Building industry in Maine is expected to grow an annualized x% to $x.x billion over the five years to 2025, while the national industry will likely grow at x.x% during the same period. Industry establishments decreased an annualized -x.x% to x locations. Industry employment has increased an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers, while industry wages have increased an annualized x.x% to $x.x million.

Over the five years to 2030, the industry is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion, while the national industry is expected to grow x.x%. Industry establishments are forecast to grow x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment is expected to increase an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers, while industry wages are forecast to increase x% to $x.x million.

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Definition of the Ship Building in Maine?

Shipbuilders operate shipyards, which are fixed facilities with dry docks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship. A ship is defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for use other than for personal or recreational purposes. Shipyard activities include ship construction, repair, conversion and alteration; the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections; and specialized services, such as ship scaling.

What’s included in the Ship Building in Maine?

The Ship Building in Maine includes building barges, building cargo ships, building passenger ships, building submarines, building drilling and production platforms, repairing ships, converting or altering ships, producing prefabrication ship and barge sections and building military ships. Related terms covered in the Ship Building in Maine industry report includes a narrow basin that a vessel floats in, and is then drained to enable the vessel to come to rest on a dry supported platform, a flat-bottomed boat that is built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods, a fixed facility with dry docks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, obligations mean binding agreements that will result in outlays and naval outlays are planned future payments, often in the form of contracts and financial plans.

Industry Performance of the Ship Building industry in Maine

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Ship Building in Maine

#11 in Highest Revenue 2.6% of state's GDP
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Key Drivers of the Ship Building industry in Maine

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Maine Economic Indicators

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US Key External Drivers

Federal funding for defense
Price of steel
World price of aluminum

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County Data of the Ship Building industry in Maine

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Key Statistics of the Ship Building industry in Maine

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What is the market size of the Ship Building industry in Maine in 2025?

The market size of the Ship Building industry in Maine is $1.0bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Ship Building industry in Maine in 2025?

There are 9 businesses in the Ship Building industry in Maine, which has been declining at an average annual rate of -2.1% from 2020 to 2025.

Has the Ship Building industry in Maine grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Ship Building industry in Maine has been growing at an average annual rate of 2.0% from 2020 to 2025.

How many employees in the Ship Building industry in Maine in 2025?

There are 7,265 employees in the Ship Building industry in Maine, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 3.4% from 2020 to 2025.