Solano County is the most strategic location on the West Coast for a new shipbuilding complex—positioned to meet the moment.

Decades of studies have pointed to the same conclusion: this is the right site for maritime industry.

Analyses conducted in 1979, 1989, and beyond identified this location as uniquely suited for large-scale shipbuilding. It’s unobstructed and expansive, with significant existing infrastructure nearby: transmission lines, wind turbines, and gas pipelines. The site’s shoreline is largely artificial, built from dredge spoils – primed for development.

The deep-water site sits at the true intersection of Northern California, the confluence of the Sacramento River and the San Francisco Bay. It’s a place of movement, history, and possibility.

Shipyards are built alongside cities – past, present, and future

Building ships at the scale America needs requires more than docks and cranes—it takes tens of thousands of workers, and a city to support them.

Across history, great American cities grew around shipyards. From Seattle to San Diego, communities thrived by supporting the work of shipyards. Abroad, our allies in Japan and South Korea have done the same: building cities to support industrial shipbuilding.

Solano County has the opportunity to carry that legacy forward. With a new city in development and strong neighboring communities, we can provide the workforce, infrastructure, and vision to help America lead again.

Northern California has a legacy of protecting the Pacific theater

Few regions in America are as strategically vital as Solano County.

Just 15 miles northeast of the proposed Solano Shipyard lies Travis Air Force Base—America’s Gateway to the Pacific and the nation’s largest Air Mobility Command installation. Ten miles to the west is Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), the primary West Coast hub for shipping ammunition and supplies to U.S. forces across the Pacific.

Together, Travis AFB, MOTCO, and the Solano Shipyard would form a powerful triad to deter and respond to threats across the Indo-Pacific region.

A 1989 report concluded this was the largest vacant maritime industrial site on the West Coast

In 1989, Solano County identified the south coast as suitable for specifically maritime development, sometime around 2010. Read the full report here.

As a result, the waterfront has long been zoned for maritime industrial uses

In 2008, the Solano County General Plan identified this area for “Water Dependent Industrial” land use. That zoning designation remains applicable today.

Solano closes a critical gap in America shipbuilding map

Our nation’s shipyards are concentrated on the East and Gulf Coasts, Solano bridges the distance between Bremerton, WA and San Diego, CA, strengthening our maritime presence where it is needed most—without drawing from existing labor pools. Solano creates a new, dedicated West Coast shipbuilding workforce.

Extensive analysis confirms the site’s readiness for shipbuilding

ENGEO, a Bay Area geotechnical engineering firm with deep experience supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, which is actively working on Navy shipyard projects across the Pacific, has completed a thorough evaluation of the site. Their analysis confirms that the site meets and exceeds the technical requirements for large-scale maritime industrial development.