Fabrication

As wind farm popularity grows, safety risk is unclear

Last fall, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a new initiative intended to make Louisiana a leader in harnessing wind power. But it remains to be...

Bollinger Shipyards completes latest series of Coast Guard cutters

Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport delivered the final ship in a series of Coast Guard cutters last week, reports Houma Today. The Clarence Sutphin is the...

Bollinger Shipyards sites re-open after Hurricane Ida

Bollinger Shipyards sites in Port Fourchon, Larose, Lockport and Houma suffered significant damage from Hurricane Ida, but are all now back up and running,...

BOEM assessing interest in Gulf wind leases

The Biden Administration has ambitious plans to expand offshore wind to the Gulf of Mexico—and those plans are beginning to take shape, reports The...

GNO Inc.: Louisiana is primed for wind power growth

Louisiana is primed for growth in the wind power industry, GNO Inc. says in a new story published by WVUE. The New Orleans economic development...

Louisiana company partners on Coast Guard Patrol Cutter Program

Eastern Shipbuilding Group has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Louisiana’s Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support of the production...
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Bollinger acquires Gulf Island’s shipbuilding assets

Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards continued its pattern of growth by acquiring the shipbuilding assets of Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma, reports KATC. The deal positions...

Gulf Island to expand Houma shipyard, add jobs

Gulf Island Fabrication's Houma shipyard will begin accepting applications later this month for jobs created by an expansion of its Shipyard Division, Houma Today...

Shaw is back: McDermott sells Louisiana, other pipe fabrication assets

Shaw is back. Houston-based McDermott International Inc., which expects to emerge from bankruptcy in the second quarter, has sold the former pipe fabrication assets of...

Turner Industries closing its Corpus Christi steel pipe fabrication plant

Baton Rouge's Turner Industries Group is closing its steel pipe fabrication plant in Corpus Christi. The company told the Texas Workforce Commission in April that...

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