Birdon America

Birdon set to deliver new Denver-built bridge erection boats to Netherlands

Birdon America Inc. reports that its contract to provide Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) to the Netherlands Army is progressing on schedule, with six Birdon BEBs in the final stages of assembly with delivery scheduled for the end of September.

The BEBS are being delivered as part of three sets of Wide Gap Crossing Systems, ordered from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), the systems are composed of the GDELS Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB), Bridge Adapter Pallets (BAP), and the Birdon BEBs.

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/birdon-set-to-deliver-new-denver-built-bridge-erection-boats-to-netherlands/

USCG extends Birdon America’s 47-foot MLB SLEP contract

Birdon America Inc. reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has exercised “Option Order 1” under the 47-foot MLB (Motor Lifeboat) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) contract it was awarded in 2019. This modification extends the term of the contract through order years 6-10 and will allow up to another 72 MLBs to receive significant overhauls and upgrades.

“The unilateral contract modification speaks to the Coast Guard’s confidence in Birdon’s abilities as a major contractor,” said Birdon’s MLB...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/uscg-extends-birdon-americas-47-foot-mlb-slep-contract/

Birdon America gets $14.75 million contract to kick off WWC construction

Birdon America Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard long lead time materials contract worth approximately $14.75 million to enable construction to begin on the first two vessels to be built under Birdon’s $1.187 billion contract to design and build 27 Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC).

The WCC contract consists of two separate but related vessel designs: the River Buoy Tender (WLR) and the Inland Construction Tender (WLIC). River buoy tenders service short-range aids to navigation (ATON) on...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/birdon-america-gets-14-75-million-contract-to-kick-off-wwc-construction/

Louisiana boatbuilder opens third manufacturing facility

US-based boatbuilder Metal Shark Boats is expanding its presence in its home state of Louisiana with the addition of a third manufacturing facility. Metal Shark, which recently sold its Alabama-based ship refit and repair business to Birdon America, opened a 40,000-square-foot (3,716-square-metre) manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish. Together with Metal Shark’s nearby Jeanerette and Franklin […]

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GAO denies bid protest of waterways commerce cutter award

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected a bid protest filed by Steiner Construction Company, Inc., a small business of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, against the continued performance of a contract awarded to Birdon America, Inc. under solicitation No. 70Z02321RPRT00300, issued as a small business set-aside by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG) for the design and production of 27 vessels for its waterways commerce cutter program.

Reporting its...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/gao-denies-bid-protest-of-waterways-commerce-cutter-award/

AWARDS 2022 | Best Security Support Vessel – M30 – Birdon Group

Best Security Support Vessel – M30 – Birdon Group These immensely practical and versatile little boats are designated BEBs or bridge erection boats, but they have a m ..

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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | October 11 – Norwegian police RIB, Belgian SAR boat and US response vessels

Deliveries include a rescue boat for Flemish waters and a police interceptor RIB for Norway’s coastal areas. Also, the US Coast Guard commissions its newest fast respon ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Versatile and manoeuvrable bridge erection boats for Puerto Rico Army National Guard

Birdon, through its US-based company Birdon America, recently handed over fourteen M30 Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) to the US Army National Guard to replace the Puerto Ri ..

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Birdon America delivers first refurbished lifeboat to Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard accepted the Birdon America Inc., Denver, 47C MLB SLEP First Article Vessel at the National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) in Ilwaco, Wash., completing the first significant milestone in the Motor Lifeboat Service Life Extension Program (MLB SLEP).

The First Article boat will undergo a four-month Operational Assessment by members of NMLBS (U.S. Coast Guard). The West Coast shipyard is Fred Wahl Marine Construction Inc., Reedsport, Ore. The $190 million contract involves...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/birdon-america-delivers-first-refurbished-lifeboat-to-coast-guard/

All American Marine part of 47′ MLB life extension program

All American Marine Inc. (AAM) has been named the West Coast shipyard by Birdon America Inc., for Phase I of a contract to perform a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on a number of the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of Motor Life Boats (MLB). AAM is currently working on two MLB’s at its shop, with a plan to ramp up to eight MLB vessels each year during Phase II. Birdon America was awarded the prime contract to perform Service Life Extension work on all MLBs in the Coast Guard’s fleet.

The current...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/all-american-marine-part-of-47-mlb-life-extension-program/

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