Shipyards

By Nelson Spencer and Frank McCormack Metal Shark, a vessel designer and builder with shipyards in Jeanerette and Franklin, La., and Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently delivered its first-ever steel… Read More

Arcosa’s Inland Barge Group is composed of Arcosa Marine Products Inc., a leading manufacturer of barges used to transport cargo on U.S. inland waterways. Arcosa Marine Products manufactures dry cargo… Read More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, headquartered in Panama City, Fla., reports that the keel laying ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s first-of-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Argus, was held on April 28… Read More

What are now two shipyards, located some seven miles apart on the Ohio River, began over 50 years ago as a father-son operation centered around a single coal dock. Thus,… Read More

Corn Island Shipyard launched its latest split-hull dump scow barge April 16 at its facility at Ohio River Mile 734. The barge measures 200 by 42 feet and has a… Read More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced April 23 that it has signed a contract with Weeks Marine Inc. to construct a 356-foot, twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredge. The dredge, to be named… Read More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., announced April 6 that the U.S. Coast Guard has given approval to Eastern to build a second Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) and acquire long… Read More

Shipbuilder Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., reports it is enjoying increased popularity among law enforcement agencies, with 20 new law enforcement customers recently added and more than 35 welded aluminum law… Read More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun plans for a new drydock to inspect and repair Corps and Coast Guard vessels. Bristol Harbor Group Inc. of Bristol, R.I., has… Read More