China now dominates global shipbuilding, producing more ships at a single shipyard in 2024 than the United States has built, in all of our shipyards, in 80 years since World War II.
Most U.S. shipyards are on the East Coast and in the Gulf, with critical dependency on the Panama Canal.
Long recognized as the largest maritime industrial site on the West Coast, 15x larger than the second biggest site, and nearly 50x larger than sites #3 through #5
Located where Sacramento River meets the Bay, along 6.5 miles of waterfront, on a federal deep water ship channel that Panamax-class ships use every day.
At 7,500 acres, nearly 2.5× the size of China’s massive Changxing shipyard, and large enough to contain all of the largest private US shipyards.
Access to Silicon Valley where talent across AI, robotics, automation, and maritime engineering can shape the shipyard of the future.
Located in the NorCal megaregion, home 12 million people, with 750,000 workers across manufacturing, skilled trades, and logistics. Near dozens of universities and training programs including Cal Maritime, the only maritime academy on the West Coast.
In 1853, the US Navy established its first base on the West Coast - on Mare Island, in Solano County. After that and until a couple of decades ago, Solano County and the Bay Area played a critical role in West Coast maritime industrial base. In 1980s, Solano County reserved this industrial waterfront for a moment just like today.
In multiple reports going back to 1970s, Solano County identified our site as suitable for maritime development in the future. A 1989 report stated that this is site is "the largest vacant site currently approved for heavy industry or marine terminal use, and the only one in California of more than a few hundred acres."
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Between 1980 and 2008, up to the Draft 2008 Solano County General Plan, Solano County designated 7,500+ acres in this are for "Water Dependent Industrial" land uses. In the finalization of the 2008 General Plan, the area was reduced to 1,400 acres due to limited need at the time, but this can be increased back as needed.
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ENGEO, a Bay Area engineering firm with deep experience supporting the U.S. Department of Defense and US Navy, completed a thorough evaluation and confirmed that the site meets and exceeds the technical requirements for large-scale maritime industrial development.
