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34Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ignal International, a ma-rine and fabrication com- pany, is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama. The company currently em- ploys over 800 workers in its four pro- duction facilities located in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. It specializes in new construction, ship repair, and rig re- pair. Signal can handle marine construc- tion and repair needs with three drydocks: a 4500t, one Panamax size, and a heavy lift dry dock that boasts a 400?x 200? footprint. Signal offers both offshore and techni- cal services, such as leg-up, quarters, mods, platform installations, 3D model-ing, and 3D laser scanning. Signal alsoconstructs offshore wind farm substruc- tures. The company is currently involved in providing equipment, engineering, plant, labor, tools, and material to con- struct, equip, launch, test and deliver one 20,000 DWT Ocean Bulk Barge and one 6,000 BHP AT/B Ocean Tug, with op- tions to provide additional units. The barge will be 480? x 90? x 36? and will be outfitted with Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering?s Articouple Connection. It will transport dry-bulk commodities in United States coastwise trade. The tug- boat will be 125? x 38? x 22? with 900 RPM and will be built and classed to ABS Maltese Cross, +A1 Ocean Towing Service Standards. Over the past two years, Signal-Orange, TX has undergone a major transforma- tion to elevate its marine and heavy man- ufacturing capability to world-class standards, including new panel line and steel processing facility. The capital in- vestment over the past two years is ap- proaching $40 million. The Pascagoula East Yard has similar investments to im- prove automation as well as dredging a deep hole 500? x 300? x 60? deep dock- side. For the seventh time in Signal?s eight-year history, it has received the ?Excellence in Safety? award for 2010 from the Shipbuilders Council of Amer- ica, on April 5, 2011, in Washington, DC. Each year, the Council issues safety awards to companies whose incident rates are below the association's collec- tive average. For the calendar year of 2010, Signal had a total OSHA recordable incidentrate of 0.83, compared to the latest in-dustry average (from OSHA and the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics) of 7.8. Thus far in 2011, Signal company-wide has an in- cident rate of 0.41.Signal International also set a new world construction record by delivering two 300? x 100? x 20? 171 MW floating power plants in 180 days in August 2010. THE SHIPYARD EDITION Signal: Major Investment in Texas At a glanceSignal InternationalDick Marler, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board Chris Cunningham, Chief Financial Officer Ronal Schnoor, Chief Operating Officer, Sr. Vice President, General Manager ? Mississippi DivisionRodney Meisetschlaeger, Sr. Vice President, General Manager ? Texas Division Robert Beckmann, Sr. Vice President, General Manager ? Signal Ship RepairAndy Musselman, Controller Carl Wegener, Vice President of Strategic Planning Rob Busby, Vice President of Business Development Joe Roche, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Joe Mayhall, Vice President of Sales & Marketing ? Signal Ship RepairDick Marler, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Signal International. SFEATURE Signal?s Orange Shipbuilding facility. Signal?s Pascagoula Shipbuilding facility. MR Aug. 11 # 5 (34-41):MR Template 8/5/2011 9:22 AM Page 34