McDermott Shipyard G r o u p Expands Into Mississippi

J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., announced that its Shipyard Group has extended its operations into the state of Mississippi. The Group has purchased a steel-fabricating facility on 10 acres of land on the Industrial Seaway in the Bayou Bernard Industrial District of Gulfport, Miss. It plans to operate shipbuilding and repair facilities there similar to those at its shipyards in New Iberia and Morgan City, La.

According to Shipyard management, the Gulfport yard will enable the Shipyard Group to increase its sales and help to alleviate the backlog at its Louisiana yards. He said the company plans to employ a p p r o x i m a t e l y 200 workers there when it is in full operation.

The new facility consists of two fabrication buildings and five s m a l l e r s t r u c t u r e s , launching ways, a boat slip and channel on the Industrial Seaway, a mile and a half north of Gulfport. The Group will use the facilities to build and repair tugboats, barges, self-contained drilling rigs, fishing vessels, and supply boats. The new yard will also supply subassemblies for projects being carried out at the other McDermott yards.

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