Bollinger Shipyards

Wednesday, 09 August 2023

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Bollinger Shipyards Consolidates Repair Yards Closing Smaller Algiers Yard

The Maritime Executive 10 Aug 2023

Bollinger Shipyards, the largest privately-owned U.S. shipbuilder and a big employer along the Gulf Coast, is confirming media reports that the company has closed one of its older and smaller shipyards, Bollinger Algiers, which was located across the Mississippi from downtown New Orleans.

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Bollinger Shipyard plans to close its operations in New Orleans after 3 decades

Mississippi Business Journal 10 Aug 2023

Bollinger Shipyards is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its larger facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, officials said ... Bollinger said the larger of the two dry docks at Algiers — "Mrs. Jody," which weighs in at 4,000 tons — sailed off to the newly acquired shipyard in Mississippi.

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Bollinger Shipyard closing operations in New Orleans, shifting work to Mississippi Gulf Coast

Clarion Ledger 09 Aug 2023

Bollinger Shipyards is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its facilities on the Mississippi Coast, officials said ... .

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The Post and Courier 09 Aug 2023

... — but potentially frustrating — change.New Orleans shipyard closing after 30 years. NEW ORLEANS — Bollinger Shipyard officials have announced the company is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its larger facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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GAO Finds Unreliable Schedule and Cost Estimates for USCG Polar Cutters

The Maritime Executive 31 Jul 2023

Also, the sale of VT Halter to Bollinger Shipyard last year slowed work from late 2021 to mid-2022. “The shipyard (VT Halter) likely overestimated the extent to which it could leverage this original design and underestimated the magnitude of the design changes required to meet PSC requirements,” writes the GAO.

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News on BRAC economic inclusion event, Melara Enterprises deal

The Advocate 30 Jul 2023

to 1 p.m ... Highway 1 ... 30 ... to 6 p.m ... to 4.30 p.m ... Bollinger delivers 54th fast response cutter. Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC William Sparling to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 180th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 54th fast response cutter delivered under the current program ... .

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Louisiana to get $156M in military spending - one of the few issues on which ...

The Advocate 29 Jul 2023

In a statement, Bollinger Shipyards President and CEO Ben Bordelon thanked Louisiana congressional leaders for the “continued authorization of the Navy programs that Bollinger has the privilege to build that sustains thousands of good-paying jobs, such as autonomous mine hunting ...

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Bollinger, Premier Health win national honors

The Advocate 09 Jul 2023

Bollinger Shipyards was presented with the 2022 “Award for Excellence in Safety” by the Shipbuilders Council of America for its exceptional record of safety ... “Bollinger Shipyards has continued to exemplify a culture of ...

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Bollinger Shipyards Recognized for Exceptional Safety Record

The Maritime Executive 01 Jul 2023

Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) was presented with the 2022 “Award for Excellence in Safety” by the Shipbuilders Council of America (“SCA”) for its exceptional record of safety in the shipyard industry ... “Bollinger Shipyards has continued ...

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Talking Business: Ben Bordelon on growing Bollinger Shipyards, succeeding his legendary uncle

Marietta Daily Journal 29 May 2023

May 29—Ben Bordelon had big shoes to fill when he purchased the assets and stock of Bollinger Shipyards and took over as chair and CEO from his uncle Donald "Boysie" Bollinger in late 2014. But Bordelon was no stranger to ... .

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Ship Launch: OSU-led construction of new U.S. oceanographic research vessels

Tillamook Headlight Herald 28 May 2023

The ships are being built by Bollinger Shipyards in Houma, Louisiana with construction staggered about six months between each vessel ... The vessel, which is not yet under its own power, was then towed by a pair of tugboats back to where it was assembled at Bollinger Shipyards.

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Elifin expands to Ohio, Bollinger gets Navy contract

The Advocate 30 Apr 2023

Bollinger Shipyards awarded Navy contract. The Navy has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a design and construction contract to build an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter — a small berthing and messing barge ... This is the sixth APL the Navy has ordered; the other five were built by VT Halter Marine, which Bollinger acquired in late 2022.

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Admiral Steven Poulin: Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard

Federal News Radio 11 Apr 2023

Lots of nation’s impinge on the Arctic Circle ... That’s why, for years, the U.S ... Steve Poulin Right now, Bollinger, Mississippi shipyards, it was Halter. Bollinger recently acquired Halter ... We’re working with Bollinger to get to a more advanced, detailed design ... I’ve talked with Bollinger, they’re excited about it as well ... .

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Manufacturing and logistics company look to hire 79 at LED job fair

The Advocate 27 Mar 2023

... Intralox in Harahan and Hammond, S&W Wholesale Foods in Hammond, Bollinger Houma Shipyard in Houma, AFCO in Alexandria and BJ Energy in Bossier City.

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Port Engineer - Oregon State University

The Maritime Executive 17 Mar 2023

The Port Engineer will need to work with OSU staff and crew at the Project Field Office (PFO) in Houma Louisiana, with the OSU Transition to Operations team in Oregon, Bollinger shipyard who is constructing the vessel, the National Science Foundation, and additional stakeholders.