The "Maritime Action Plan" programme, which is was announced last April by US President Donald Trump with the aim of reviving the US shipping industry ( of 10 April 2025), was not mentioned on the occasion today's announcement of an agreement between the shipbuilding group South Korean HD Hyundai and the American company Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), which operates a fleet of support vessels mainly offshore industry and which is active in the field of shipbuilding and repairs. But the intent is explicit of the Asian group to enter the new market through the agreement National Shipbuilding Initiative envisaged by the MAP program.

The partnership, in fact, provides for the start of the construction of dual-fuel container ships at the Tampa Ship shipyard in Tampa Bay, Florida, which is part of the Chouest Group and currently He specializes in ship repairs and conversions. The container ships will be of medium capacity and the first construction is expected to be delivered in 2028. By HD Hyundai support will be provided in the design of the ships and technologies and equipment will be provided for their construction. The South Korean group will also participate in the construction of blockades of ships and will invest in the upgrading of the shipyard Tampa Ship.

That the agreement is framed in the new market envisaged by the Maritime Action Plan has expressly confirmed this HD Hyundai and ECO highlighting that with the Tampa Ship initiative it proposes to the Guiding the revitalization process of the construction industry commercial shipping and helps to respond to the shortage of US-built ships.

The two parties specified that the agreement is open to the evaluation of the opportunity to build in Tampa Bay other types of ships as well as to build heavy vehicles for the port sector.