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Boatbuilding

Backlog Builds “Frankly, without it [the Jones Act] we’d be gone.”

Ben Bordelon, President & CEO, Bollinger, addressing Marine Money New York in June ‘25 a good direction with its multi-vessel term contracts. If you want to bring come down (and quality is enhanced orders- such as those from Ingram, the industrial base back to America, as kinks are worked through), and

Maritime Partners, Hines Furlong sign long term contracts.” He empha- talked about “…having a commonal- and Moran. Bollinger’s Ben Borde- sized the “learning curve”, where costs ity in engineered solutions”. lon, after lamenting the dif