U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Highlights Efforts to Boost Wisconsin’s Maritime Industry in Green Bay and Marinette
Baldwin-authored bipartisan legislation is enacted into law to address the need for more trained workers in the domestic maritime industry
GREEN BAY AND MARINETTE, WI – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited ACE Marine in Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s North Coast Marine and Advanced Manufacturing Training Center in Marinette to highlight bipartisan legislation she authored with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) that helps address the critical need for trained workers in Wisconsin’s maritime industry.
Senator Baldwin toured ACE Marine and the North Coast Marine Manufacturing Training Center to discuss her Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act that authorizes the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to designate community and technical colleges with maritime training programs as centers of excellence, and provide technical assistance and other support to these institutions as they train the domestic maritime workforce. The North Coast Marine Manufacturing Alliance and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) are strong supporters of Senator Baldwin’s legislation.
Earlier this month, Senator Baldwin sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao recommending that NWTC be considered for designation as a Domestic Maritime Center of Excellence under the new law.
ACE Marine is a state of the art, aluminum construction facility that produces new vessel designs and modules at low risk and at affordable prices. The Domestic Maritime Center of Excellence designation would help train more skilled workers to support companies like ACE Marine and to help the Great Lakes maritime manufacturing industry to innovate and expand.
Senator Baldwin was joined by Dr. Jeff Rafn, President of NWTC, Ann Franz, Director of North Coast Marine Manufacturing Alliance, and Jeff Frank, Production Manager at ACE Marine, in Green Bay. The Senator was then joined by Dr. Rafn and Jan Allman, CEO of Marinette-Marine, in Marinette.
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Keep up the great work Senator Baldwin!
Looks like Senator Baldwin needed some fresh B-roll for her campaign ads!
@WashCoRepug, As usual nothing to add except, well, nothing!
As a proud Merchant Mariner, THANK YOU Senator Baldwin!