Saronic Picks Brownsville for $3 Billion 'Port Alpha' Autonomous Shipyard

Autonomous vessel developer Saronic has selected Brownsville, Texas, as the site of a planned $3 billion shipyard that the company says will dramatically expand U.S. capacity to build autonomous vessels while supporting broader efforts to revive the nation’s shipbuilding industry.

The facility, dubbed Port Alpha, is expected to begin construction later this year and open in 2028. Located on an initial 835-acre site at the Port of Brownsville with room to expand to nearly 4,400 acres, the shipyard is designed to produce large autonomous vessels while incorporating advanced manufacturing, robotics and software-driven production systems.

The latest announcement marks another major