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gram to upgrade its ship repair facility in Jacksonville, Fla. Like Fincantieri,

BAE will also add a Pearlson Shiplift system, forming part of a new land- level repair complex that will boost ? exibility and expand the shipyard’s docking capacity by 300%.

Located two miles from the At- lantic Ocean, at the intersection of the St. Johns River and the Atlantic

Intracoastal Waterway, BAE Systems

Jacksonville Ship Repair provides re- pair, maintenance, overhaul, conver- sion and marine fabrication services for a wide range of commercial and government vessels, from tugs to war- ships, serving both domestic and in- ternational ? eets. The shipyard, which drydocked 15 vessels last year, expects to accommodate even more vessels calling upon the port of Jacksonville in the years ahead, according to Tim

Spratto, general manager at Jackson- ville Ship Repair. “We anticipate a sustainable workload from the Navy,

Coast Guard and other government customers’ vessels in the port,” Spratto said. “Growth in workload is expected from the commercial ship repair mar- ket with the introduction of this new ship repair capacity in Jacksonville.”

Central to the yard’s new repair complex will be a new shiplift, used for hauling ships out of and back into the water, as well as a self-propelled modular transport system for carrying ships to and from the new land-level facility. The new shiplift complex will increase drydocking capacity from two large-hulled ships to as many as six vessels simultaneously. The facility will be able to accommodate vessels up to 600 feet long, 100 feet wide and displacing up to 10,000 tons. “The www.marinelink.com MN 31|