This $365,968.27 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) under the Assistance to Small Shipyards (CFDA 20.814) program will enable Cooper Consolidated LLC, a small shipyard located in Convent, Louisiana, to acquire critical equipment to improve their shipbuilding, repair, and reconfiguration capabilities. The grant funding will be used to purchase a Bobcat track loader, four welding machines, a 9,000 lb. capacity telehandler, and a...
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. was awarded a $522,318 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The grant funding will support the acquisition of industrial lift trucks, telehandlers, articulating boom lifts, and a compact track loader to facilitate ship construction efficiency and quality at the awardee's Panama City Beach, Florida facility. The Assistance to Small Shipyards...
C & C Marine & Repair LLC was awarded a $748,959 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The grant funding will support upgrades to one-sided seam welding equipment, including a stiffener welder carriage with options and heavy-duty forklift. These capital improvements at C & C Marine's facility in Belle Chasse, Louisiana will facilitate efficiency and quality in...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (CFDA 20.814 - Assistance to Small Shipyards) will support the purchase of a 120x64 foot floating drydock for Verret Shipyard, Inc. in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The grant aims to enhance the shipyard's maritime infrastructure, improve domestic ship construction and repair capabilities, and support both commercial and federal government maritime needs. The two-year performance period...
Mblh Marine, LLC received a $588,812 project grant award from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The award will fund the purchase of a 110-ton crawler crane to support capital improvements and infrastructure upgrades at Mblh Marine's shipyard facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The grant period runs from April 2021 through April 2023 and aims to enhance the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and...
The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to Fairlead Boatworks, Inc. of Newport News, Virginia under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The grant will support the purchase of a 160-ton rough terrain crane to facilitate capital improvements at the shipyard. The Assistance to Small Shipyards program aims to fund infrastructure upgrades that improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality in domestic ship...
The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded a $949,899 Project Grant to Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding Corp. of Somerset, MA under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The funding will support the delivery of hanging shop doors, a 35-ton self-propelled boat transporter, and a one-ton overhead crane. These capital improvements and infrastructure additions will facilitate increased efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality in domestic ship...
Master Boat Builders, Inc. was awarded a $497,464 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The grant will fund the acquisition of two 30-ton mobile cranes and two forklifts to facilitate capital improvements and related infrastructure upgrades at Master Boat Builders' shipyard in Coden, AL. The award has a performance period of April 26, 2021 through April 25, 2023. The grant...
Gulf Island Shipyards LLC received a $312,802 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The award will support the purchase and installation of automated pipe spooling welding equipment. This equipment will facilitate increased efficiency, cost effectiveness and quality in domestic ship construction for commercial and government use. The period of performance is from April 2021...
The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded The Portland Company, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, a $739,302 Project Grant under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814). The grant will support the purchase of a 60-ton vessel trailer and tractor/loader, as well as an indoor ventilation project, over the performance period from July 18, 2023 to July 17, 2025. The Assistance to Small Shipyards program provides capital improvement and infrastructure...