To support the purchase of blasting & painting equipment upgrades, paint filter bank assemblies and related hardware and controls, heated air make-up unit, dust collector assemblies, blast pot…

This $1.2M federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814) supports upgrades and equipment purchases for Southwest Shipyard LP, a for-profit small disadvantaged business located in Channelview, TX.

The grant funding will enable the purchase of blasting and painting equipment upgrades, paint filter bank assemblies and related hardware and controls, a heated air make-up unit, dust collector assemblies, blast pot assemblies, a CO2 monitor with calibration kit, exhaust plenums, and a 300 cubic foot free-standing abrasive storage hopper. These capital improvements and infrastructure upgrades are intended to facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship construction for commercial and federal government use at the shipyard facility.

To support the purchase of blasting & painting equipment upgrades, paint filter bank assemblies and related hardware and controls, heated air make-up unit, dust collector assemblies, blast pot assemblies, C/O-monitor with calibration kit, exhaust plenums, and 300 CU. FT. Free standing abrasive storage hopper