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05 Nov 2013

Miller Ferry Up for Routine Maintenance at Great Lakes Shipyard

M/V South Bass (Photo: Great Lakes Shipyard)

Miller Boat Line’s ferry, M/V South Bass, is receiving its routine five-year drydocking and USCG inspection at Great Lakes Shipyard. The vessel was hauled out using the Marine Travelift, and the work on the vessel will be completed in two to three weeks. This marks the first time Great Lakes Shipyard has performed work on the M/V South Bass. Since 2010, repairs have been performed on all of the other ferries in the Miller Boat Line fleet, including routine five-year drydockings…

30 Sep 2013

Great Lakes Shipyard Replaces Propulsion Controls on USCG Cutter

Photo: Great Lakes Shipyard

Great Lakes Shipyard is completing the replacement of the main propulsion control system on the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay. This work marks the final installation under a five-year contract with the USCG’s Engineering Logistics Center, Baltimore, Md. This contract included installation of new main propulsion control systems for the entire fleet of nine 140-foot Bay Class of Ice Breaking tugs. The Shipyard’s mobile vessel crew is conducting the work on-site in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and is to be completed in early October.

05 Sep 2013

Great Lakes Shipyard Drydocks U.S. FWS Vessel

RV Spencer F. Baird

Great Lakes Shipyard was awarded a contract by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, for the five-year drydocking and inspection of the RV Spencer F. Baird. The Shipyard hauled out the RV Spencer F. Baird using the 770-ton Marine Travelift. Work includes drydocking, a complete exterior repainting, bow thruster replacement, its five-year survey and other miscellaneous repairs. The project is expected to be complete by early November, 2013. Operated by the U.S.

05 Sep 2013

Great Lakes Shipyard Drydocks Fishery Research Vessel

RV Spencer F. Baird: Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Shipyard

Great Lakes Shipyard has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior, for the 5-year drydocking and inspection of the R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD. The Shipyard hauled out the research ship using the 770-ton Marine Travelift. Work includes drydocking, a complete exterior repainting, bow thruster replacement, its five-year survey, and other miscellaneous repairs. The shipyard says that the project is to be completed early November 2013. Operated by the U.S.

30 Jun 2006

Conrad Announces New Contracts and Deliveries

Conrad Industries, Inc. months. 111’x66.5’x10’liftboat. liftboats in progress previously announced by Conrad. that range in size from 120’x30’x7’ to 200’x40’x7’. barge in June. delivered to Penn Maritime of New York. 35,000 bbls. of asphalt. captain. barges, one to Inland Barge Rental and one to Traylor Brothers. W.C. 140’ deck barges. NY. 35’x 9’. necessary to accommodate the end use. The Fish Stocking Vessel, “Spencer F. June to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. the fish stocks in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Cross A1, AMS, Survey/Fishing Vessel. accommodations for 3 crew members and 5 scientists.