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Last month the Maritime Administra- tion (MarAd) announced $14.7m in grant awards to help improve 17 small ship- yards in 16 states. “Small shipyards are an important part of our nation’s ship- building industry,” said David Matsuda,

Acting Maritime Administrator. “Ship- yards on both coasts, the Great Lakes and our inland waterways will be able to in- crease productivity and be more compet- itive as a result of these grants.” The following shipyards will receive grants for equipments: • Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, LLC (Boothbay Harbor, ME) - $360,900 for new wider cradle for 750 ton marine rail- way • C&G Boat Works, Inc. (Mobile,

AL)- $1,199,122 for new 220 ton crawler crane • Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Com- pany, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)- $1,162,636 to refurbish drydock • Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corpo- ration (Salisbury, MD)- $519,098 for im- provements to doors, heaters and air and gas distribution systems • Detyens Shipyards, Inc. (Charleston, SC)- $922,393 for new tower crane, hydro-blast units and over- head shop cranes • Diversified Marine Tech, Inc. (Tampa, FL)- $644,425 for 90-ton crane and modification of barge for crane use • Earl Industries, LLC (Portsmouth,

VA)- $923,496 for laser cutter and two 5- ton bridge cranes • Fraser Shipyards, Inc. (Superior,

WI)- $257,990 for cutting machine and welding equipment • Gulf Craft, LLC (Patterson, LA)- $1,760,065 for 500-ton travelift crane • JB Marine Services, Inc. (St. Louis,

MO)- $195,000 for bridge crane, iron- worker, steel shear, and forklift • Marisco, Ltd. (Kapolei, HI)- $1,079,224 for cranes, forklifts, welding machines, compressors and dust collec- tor • Puglia Engineering, Inc. (Belling- ham, WA)- $1,333,267 for floating dry- dock enhancements, 80-ton rough terrain crane and coating equipment • Sause Bros., Inc. dba Southern

Oregon Marine, Inc. (Coos Bay, OR)- $173,749 for water blast system, sand- blasting machine and big top shelter • Southwest Shipyard L.P. (Chan- nelview, TX)- $1,602,870 for panel line • The Thames Shipyard & Repair

Company, Inc. (New London, CT)- $1,446,000 to widen and lengthen dry- dock • United States Marine, Inc. (Gulf- port, MS)- $476,670 for epoxy oven, composite freezer and CNC material cut- ter

The following will receive grants for training programs: • Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and

Electric LLC (Seattle, Washington)- $643,095 for worker training program, sand blast paint and booths, sand blast grit recovery systems, man lifts and 15- ton crane.

MarAd $14.7M in Grants for Small Shipyards