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Defense company Bollinger Shipyards has held a keel-laying ceremony for the future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation, the tenth Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS).
Latest Bollinger-Built Coast Guard Cutter Is Headed for Middle East The Coast Guard Cutter Flores serves as the backdrop for the Coast Guard Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter Fleet Dedication at the Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, La., March 2, 2012. (Patrick Kelley/U.S. Coast Guard) 27 Apr 2021 Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport has delivered its latest cutter to the Coast Guard, officials said. The Glen Harris is the third of six Bollinger-built cutters destined for operations in Manama, Bahrain, to support U.S. interests in southwest Asia and the Middle East. It's the 167th vessel the compa...
Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport has delivered its latest cutter to the Coast Guard, officials said. The Glen Harris is the third of six Bollinger-built cutters destined for operations in Manama, Bahrain, to support U.S. interests in southwest Asia and the Middle East. It's the 167th vessel company has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44th Fast Response Cutter completed under the current program, which started in 2008. Each cutter costs about $65 million, and the entire program will cost the Coast Guard more than $3.7 billion, federal records show. The cu...
Bollinger buys Gulf Island's Houma shipyard The two companies are among Houma-Thibodaux's largest employers. Bollinger officials said the purchase will expand the company's construction and repair capacity to better serve its key defense and commercial customers. Gulf Island said the sale of its shipyard and some of its long-term vessel construction contracts will bring in about $28.6 million. Gulf Island expects to net about $15 million after paying off liabilities associated with some of the shipbuilding contracts it will not complete as well as other expenses. “The addition of the new H...
Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Bollinger Shipyards Acquires Gulf Island Fabrication’s Shipyard Facilities April 19, 2021 GMT LOCKPORT, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 19, 2021-- Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”), a privately-held leading designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels for the past three quarters of a century, today announced that it has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s (“Gulf Island”) (NASDAQ: GIFI) Shipyard facilities, expanding Bollinger’s new construction and repair capacity and ca...