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service in New York. A sister unit to the two 18-ton mobile utility cranes, and cess to the Gulf, containing large mod- ity of up to 300 tons. The cranes can be pair, M/V Donna J. Bouchard and B. No. complete underground services. ule fabrication and assembly platens, moved to support construction activities 272, is also under construction at VT and two launch ways for up to 3,000 on the building ways or throughout the

Halter’s Pascagoula facility. • Halter Moss Point (HMP) Opera- long tons vessel launches. The facility yard. Yard services, including ? re pro-

For Pasha Hawaii, ConRo vessel M/V tions includes a full range of out? tting ser- tection, welding, electrical, and material

Marjorie attained main engine light off Halter Moss Point Operations is in a vices, and two warehouses. The facility handling, are provided adjacent to the while under ? nal construction in Pasca- protected location, with deep water ac- maintains a combined crane lift capac- building ways.

goula, an event which signals that the ship’s network of systems is complete and functional prior to delivery.

The addition of the Marjorie C to Pa- sha’s Mainland/Hawaii trade lane rep- resents a long-term investment of more than $200m to the future of serving Ha- waii, the company noted. Pasha added that the company will soon offer weekly service with Marjorie C, sailing opposite the Jean Anne, to provide new capabili- ties for containers and a variety of fully covered RoRo cargo.

VT Halter Marine’s

Mississippi Facilities • Pascagoula Operations

The Pascagoula Operations facility is located on Bayou Casotte near the Port of Pascagoula. It has available water depths of up to 42 ft. at pier side adjoin- ing the main navigational water channel leading directly to the Gulf of Mexico.

Average tides for the area are two ft. A protected slipway 800 x 200 ft. is avail- able and water depth is maintained at a minimum depth of 16 ft. The main fabrication and assembly building has 200,000 sq. ft. under roof. The NC steel cutting line capacity is 27,000 tons/year and the panel line throughput is 18,772 tons per year. The facility includes a full range of out? tting services and two warehouses. A tiltbeam launchway is available for launching vessels up to 750 ft. in length. An additional 2,500 ft. of steel/concrete bulkhead space is also available for pierside service.

• Moss Point Marine (MPM)

Operations

The MPM Operations facility is in a protected location along the east bank of the Pascagoula River just north of In- terstate 10. Convenient water, highway and air transportation access is provided.

The facility has three launch ways and the maximum vessel length that can be built under cover is 91 m. The facil- ity has steel and aluminum fabrication shops, a carpenter shop, woodworking, electrical, electronics, pipe shop, mold loft and ample warehouse storage space available. The MPM Operations facility offers 1,150 linear feet of steel sheet pile bulkhead waterfront. Depth along the launch ways is over 25 ft. The entire wa- terfront is served by three crawler cranes of between 100 and 225 ton capacity, www.marinelink.com 77

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