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June 2011www.marinelink.com 63safety and environmental standards were imple- mented from Oct. 2010 to early 2011, BOEMREsaid. Activities in this category include water-injec- tion wells and procedures using surface blowout preventers. SLOW DRILLING CONTINUES TO AF- FECT GULF MARINE INDUSTRY In Morgan City, La., Gary Lipely, marketing and sales director at Conrad Industries, said Conradperforms both new construction and repairs at ourfour shipyards. Overall, our new construction seg- ment does not directly depend on offshore activity as much as the repair segment, so our new con- struction side did not experience any significant im- pact? from last year's moratorium and the recentpickup in deepwater permits. Conrad Industries builds and repairs deck, tank (Photo courtesy Greater Lafourche Port Commission) Chett Chiasson, Port Fourchon Executive Director. Gary B. Lipely, Director of Marketing & Sales, Conrad IndustriesVessels stacked in Port Fourchon in January. (Photo courtesy Greater Lafourche Port Commission) Port Fourchons current bulkhead construction project in Slip B. (Photo courtesy Greater Lafourche Port Commission)