berthing barge

Conrad Shipyard wins Navy contract with $143 million potential

Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., has been awarded an $18,988,990 firm-fixed-price contract for the detail design and construction of a Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing (YRBM) craft. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $142,906,420.

Work will be performed in Amelia, La., and is expected to be completed by November 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through December 2025. Fiscal 2021 appropriation account shipbuilding...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/conrad-shipyard-wins-navy-contract-with-143-million-potential/

VT Halter Marine awarded fourth Navy berthing barge

VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a contract option for the U.S. Navy’s fourth 82 meters (269′)x20.95 meters (68.7′) Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67 Class berthing and messing barge. The contract award is $39.9 million for a firm, fixed-price option for the detail design and construction of the vessel. VT Halter is a company of ST Engineering North America.

The shipyard is currently constructing the first three APLs. In September 2018, the company received...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-marine-awarded-fourth-navy-berthing-barge/

VT Halter begins work on third Navy berthing barge

VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., has started construction on the third auxiliary personnel lighter – small (APL(S)) for the Navy. The APL(S) is a new class of berthing barges commissioned by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

VT Halter was awarded a $77.9 million contract to design and build two firm units of the new class of berthing barges in September 2018, with options for another four. The company expects the first two barges to be delivered in the third quarter of 2020, and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-begins-work-on-third-navy-berthing-barge/