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62 Southfi eld Road, Suite 214

Stamford CT. 06902

Website: www.alternativemarinetech.com

E-Mail: [email protected]

President / CEO: Robert Kunkel

Number of employees: 12

The Company:

Alternative Marine Technologies (AMTECH) was developed to pro- vide technical support to Owners in

Shipping; Private Equity, Banks and

Financial Institutions – fi rms requir- ing a better understanding of con- struction issues, vessel condition and daily commercial operations. Found- ed in 2007, AMTECH provides con- struction supervision, third party ship inspection, ship repair supervision, integration and design.

The Case:

Completing over 30 successful new building projects and design reviews in the past 7 years, AMTECH combines years of commercial and technical ex- perience to assist private equity, hedge fund, fi nancial institution and histori- cal shipowners in designing, building, maintaining and repairing their port- folios of marine assets. All require a single point of contact to monitor ves- sel condition, analyze market cycles, provide project management and steer them through the complicated busi- ness ship management. 302 Grand Avenue

Superior, Wisconsin 54880

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: lidgerwood.com

President: Kent Phillips

Number of employees: 35

The Company:

With more than 150 years of expe- rience, Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy (SLM) is a leading U.S. company in the design, manufacture and service of marine deck equipment, dock equipment, and other machinery.

The company’s roots reach back to the founding of its parent compa- ny, Lidgerwood Manufacturing, in 1873, which went on to purchase

Superior Iron Works (Est. 1895) and

Mundy Hoisting (Est. 1879) to form what is now the SLM Corp.

The Case:

SLM’s products include winches, capstans, hoists, car pullers, barge haul systems and in-haul systems. Custom- ers include the U.S. Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, foreign militaries, commercial shipyards and operators. While its standard offerings give a wide variety of options and as- semblies, SLM also specializes in cus- tom design, manufacturing and test- ing of winches and hoist equipment.

SLM supports all of its equipment with service, repair and refurbishment. 17112 Market Street

Channelview, TX 77530

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: sneedshipbuilding.com

Owner: Clyde Sneed

Owner Mitch Jones

Number of employees: 180

The Company:

Sneed operates out of its main fa- cility, nearly 40 acres in Channelview,

TX, as well as a smaller yard (three acres) in Orange, Texas, and the Cen- tral Gulf Shipyard, LLC, in New Ibe- ria, La., a full-service shipyard located on the Commercial Canal, specializ- ing in offshore liftboat newbuild and repair; cornerstone to the company’s plan to further diversify its business from its inland core to include the offshore industry.

The Case:

Martin M. Sneed founded Sneed

Shipbuilding in 1965 and sold it to his son Clyde Sneed and business partner

Mitch Jones in 2009. With origins in the towboat and barge industry, much of the company’s business centers on the carriage of liquid fuel, as it builds for some of the world’s leading inland tow and barge operators. The company expanded into the offshore sector with the construction of its fi rst liftboat in 2012. About 70% of Sneed’s business is newbuilds and 30% is repairs.

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