Morgan City, Louisiana Conrad Industries, Inc. announced that Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc. took delivery of the first of six liftboats under construction at
Conrad Shipyards. It was a beautiful spring day in South Louisiana as
Avis Bourg III along with his wife Tiffany and their daughter Lacie,
the namesake, christened the 175’ Class liftboat, “Lacie Bourg”.
Toby
Eymard stated “We are very excited about putting this vessel into
service and look forward to getting the next five vessels. Conrad did
an excellent job building this boat and we’re very proud to add this to
our fleet of liftboats.”
Johnny Conrad, President and CEO of Conrad commented "We are pleased
that Offshore Marine Contractors has once again chosen Conrad to
participate in its
fleet expansion and are proud to be a part of the
team as a quality builder of liftboats.”
Conrad Industries, Inc., established in 1948 and headquartered in
Morgan City, Louisiana, designs, builds and overhauls tugboats,
ferries, liftboats, barges, offshore supply vessels and other steel and
aluminum products for both the commercial and government markets. The
company provides both repair and new construction services at its four
shipyards located in southern Louisiana and Texas.