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Meeting customer demandswhile providing high qual- ity-work with a fast turn around in a competitive environment is a tall order, but an order regularly filled by Northeast Ship Repair. With dry dock facilities in Boston Mas- sachusetts and Philadelphia Pennsylva- nia, the company is able to offer personalized service in vessel mainte- nance, repair, overhaul, and conversions for domestic, and international clientele.The Boston facility is located in Boston Harbor and is an easily accessible loca-tion with a graving dock that has 65,000 tons displacement capability, and a length of 1,150 feet. The channel draft is 40 feet with 360-degree crane coverage, and a crane capacity of 65 tons. The graving dock in Philadelphia has a 60,000-tondisplacement capability with a length of984 feet. The channel draft is 35 feet with cranes capable of lifting up to 50 tons. The company was originally estab- lished in 1995 and has undergone several changes in ownership. Currently North- east Ship Repair is the parent company of Boston Ship Repair and PhiladelphiaShip Repair. The current president who oversees both shipyards is Edward Sny- der who originally worked for the found- ing company in 1995, and took the reign as president of North East Ship Repair in2001. As of 2008 the Manhattan based JF Lehman has become the parent company of Northeast Ship Repair. ?When we stared here in 1995 it was basically a hole in the ground,? said Mr. Snyder. ?We put a lot of improvements into the facility and basically built it from the ground up, from pumping water out of the dry dock, to re-modifying all the electrical systemsto operate all of our equipment. Our mainclientele is overhauling Naval and com- mercial ships. ?Ships registered in the US must be inspected twice every five years.? ?Some of the most common things we see are associated with the hull,the propellers and propeller systems, me-chanical seals, and different types of seal assemblies on the props that get renewed. Catalytic systems along the hull of thevessel also need to be inspected. Bow thrusters and anchor chains are checked, and any steel work that has deteriorated is removed and re-installed. These are some of the common elements that need to bedone with the vessel out of the water in a dry dock.? Most of the ships serviced at the Bostonfacility are in excess of over 1,000 feet in length or less. One of the vessels in for repair was the United States Navy Ship the Comfort, a Medical Treatment Facil- ity. The ship is one of only two support vessels that serve around the world in areas of distress. One of the latest mis-sions of the USNS Comfort was in Haiti 70Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Northeast Ship Repair By Rhonda MonizIn 2008 the Manhattanbased JF Lehman be-came the parent com- pany of Northeast Ship Repair, which has facili- ties in Boston andPhiladelphia.?When we stared here in 1995 it was basically ahole in the ground,? Edward Snyder, President, Northeast Ship Repair Navy ship Capella was indrydock for hull repair and propeller work. MR#8 (66-73) REAL:MR Template 8/9/2012 11:35 AM Page 70