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Conrad’s 52-acre Deepwater yard in Amelia on the Bayou of bulkhead; two slips; and a 300-ton travel lift used to

Boeuf/Intracoastal Waterway is 5 miles from Morgan City launch and transfer crew boats and small tugs. The travel and a mile from Conrad Aluminum. After buying the un- lift allows clients using the Intracoastal Waterway to leave developed site in 2000, Conrad began steel repair and con- the water, have repairs done and get back on route. version operations there in 2003. “This facility allows us to As for its vessels, Conrad has in-house designs for in- handle vessels with deeper drafts,” Sampey said. The site has land, offshore, coast-wise and harbor boats, and it builds a maintenance shop and stock room; 1,100 linear feet of the designs of naval architecture