Great Lakes Ship­yard has been award­ed a con­tract by the Unit­ed States Army Corps of Engi­neers (USACE) Detroit Dis­trict for the dry­dock­ing and repairs of the Float­ing Plant, based at the Detroit Field Station.

The ship­yard will per­form rou­tine dry­dock­ing, main­te­nance and repairs of the Tug DEMOLEN, Crane Barge VELER, and Deck Scow BC-6576. In addi­tion to dry­dock­ing the ves­sels, work includes under­wa­ter hull clean­ing and main­te­nance; inspec­tion of propul­sion and steer­ing sys­tems; sea valves main­te­nance; bear­ing inspec­tions; and oth­er rou­tine clean­ing, main­te­nance and repairs. In addi­tion, the scope of work also includes renew­al of four (4) large deck hatch­es on the Crane Barge VELER.

This will be the first time the Detroit Dis­trict Float­ing Plant has been dry­docked using Great Lakes Shipyard’s 700 met­ric ton capac­i­ty Marine Trav­elift. All three (3) ves­sels will be hauled out on Octo­ber 26, 2015, and work will com­mence imme­di­ate­ly. The ves­sels are sched­uled for rede­liv­ery to the USACE in mid-December.

Great Lakes Ship­yard is a full-ser­vice yard spe­cial­iz­ing in ship repairs, new con­struc­tion, indus­tri­al fab­ri­ca­tion, and win­ter layup work of all types of vessels.