Cold Spray Repair Technologies Reduce Navy’s Supply Chain Delays
- NCMS
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min read
In March 2021, one of the largest-ever container ships became stuck in the Suez Canal for six days, bringing sustained public attention to the commercial maritime industry’s importance. The crisis impacted already strained global supply chains and held up an estimated $9.6 billion of trade each day. Because the US economy relies on maritime fleets to deliver vital finished goods and raw commodities to a multitude of industries, any disruption to these fleets causes shipping delays, resource scarcity, and increased prices.