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50 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? AUGUST 2013 The Shipyard EditionWith a family of three yards located along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, Signal Interna- tional offers new construction, rig and ship repair, offshore and technical ser- vices. Marine construction and repair needs are complimented by three dry docks; a 30,000-ton lift rig dock, a 22,000-ton Panamax dry dock and a 4,500-ton lift dry dock. In Mobile, Ala., Signal Ship Repair (SSR) offers 4,400 ft. of water front along the Mobile River with a main-tained channel depth of 44 ft. This facil- ity specializes in ship repair and conver- sion. The shipyard houses two ß oating dry docks, one Panamax size dry dock plus one 4,500-ton dry dock. Most recently, SSR has completed dry docking and repair of the ATB Pat Cantrell and tug Betty Wood, Olympic Shipping?s Olympic Intervention IV, as well as Foss Maritime?s Delta Mariner. SSR is also in the Þ nal throws of a major conversion on the U.S. Corp of Engineers? dredge Wheeler. Upcoming work includes U.S. Shipping?s ATB Pet- rochem Producer/Galveston and Crim-son Shipping?s ocean warehouse barge Crimson Tide. Joe Mayhall, VP Sales and Marketing states that SSR has a healthy backlog of work into the 1st quarter of 2014. ?2013 has been a very good year. We continue to have success with new and repeat cli-ents both foreign and domestic. With PSVs and construction vessels increas-ing in size and deadweight, SSR has found a niche market having the capabil-ity to dry dock the larger, deeper draft vessels. These vessels require higher block-ing to work on underwater machinery. As the new tranche of PSVs and CSVs come on line in the Gulf we see that mar- ket continuing to grow for us.? Our new construction facility in Or- ange, Texas has undergone a major trans- formation over the past several years. These upgrades include elevating its marine and heavy manufacturing capa-bility to include a new panel line and steel processing facility. Signal Orange has recently deliv-ered to Kirby Offshore two 20,000-dwt ATBs. The hopper barges are 488 x 90 x 36 ft. The two OTBE designed 6,000-hp tugs are 123 x 42 x 22 ft. In May Signal delivered to McDonough Marine a 300 x 100 x 20 ft. heavy deck barge. Mc- Donough also has under contract to Sig-nal several 260-ft. deck barges as well as a second 300 x 100 x 20 ft. The Pascagoula, Mississippi facility handles marine fabrication and rig repair. Along with our 30,000-ton dry dock, Signal maintains a deep hole 500 x 300 x 60 ft. for underwater thruster work as well as space for storage of offshore equipment. This year the 30,000-ton Dual Carrier/Heavy Lift dry dock has completed sev-eral dockings on semi-submersibles and jack-ups while maintaining a healthy backlog of marine fabrication.Signal International Olympic Intervention on Dry Dock 1. Barges for Kirby ATBs. Signal International Texas Yard. Signal Shipyard in Mobile, Ala. MR #8 (50-57).indd 50MR #8 (50-57).indd 508/1/2013 9:57:55 AM8/1/2013 9:57:55 AM