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Master Marine delivers first of two towboats to St. Louis

Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the first of two 67’x28′ Entech Designs designed vessel to Osage Marine Services Inc., St. Louis. It’s Osage’s first newly built towboat and it has all of its USCG certificates for Subchapter M compliance.

Each boat will be powered by a pair of Laborde Products S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803-hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines, operated at 1,400 rpm coupled to Twin Disc MGX-5321 gears. Laborde Products is also providing electrical power with a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-first-of-two-towboats-to-st-louis/

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding cuts steel on Great Lakes bulk carrier

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has cut steel on a new 639’x78′ Great Lakes bulk carrier for The Interlake Steamship Co., Middleburg Heights, Oh. A ceremony was held at the shipyard Wednesday celebrating the start of construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier built in more than 35 years.

After careful preparation by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding’s blast and prime team, its fabrication team prepped and then cut the steel with automated precision within the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/fincantieri-bay-shipbuilding-cuts-steel-on-great-lakes-bulk-carrier/

Tank barge deliveries spiking in 2019

The number of inland tank barge deliveries during the first half of 2019 are up 52% over same time last year deliveries, according to River Transport News.

RTN’s mid-year survey of new inland tank barge delivery activity shows “the inland barge industry operating on the Mississippi River System and its connecting waterways took delivery of 50 new inland tank barges during the first six months of 2019.”

For the first six months of 2018, 33 tank barges were delivered. So the 2019 total of 50 is a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/tank-barge-deliveries-spiking-in-2019/

Conrad releases first quarter 2019 results, backlog

Conrad’s backlog was $122.7 million at March 31, 2019, compared to $127.7 million at Dec. 31, 2018, and $106.2 million at March 31, 2018. Conrad Industries photo

Conrad Industries Inc. Morgan City, La. announced its first quarter 2019 results.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2019, Conrad had a net loss of $307,000 and loss per diluted share of $0.06 compared to net income of $586,000 and earnings per diluted share of $0.12 during the first quarter of 2018.

Conrad’s backlog was $122.7 million at March 31, 2019, compared to $127.7 million at Dec. 31, 2018, and $106.2 million at March 31, 2018.

Conrad Industries, established in 1948, designs, builds and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/conrad-releases-first-quarter-2019-results-backlog/

Austal USA awarded $16 million post-delivery contract

The work will include engineering, management, and production services in support of prefabrication efforts, material procurement and execution of work items for the LCS 20 Extended Industrial Post Delivery Availability. Ken Hocke photo

The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $16.3 million contract on Thursday, Jan. 24 to perform extended industrial post-delivery availability work at its Mobile, Ala., manufacturing facility — a first for Austal USA and the Navy.

Austal USA will perform post-delivery work on Littoral Combat Ship 20, the future Cincinnati (LCS 20) at its vessel completion yard along the Mobile River.

This work will include engineering, management, and production services in support of prefabrication efforts, material...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usa-awarded-16-million-post-delivery-contract/

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