Great Lakes Ship­yard, a divi­sion of The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny, Cleve­land, OH, USA, announced that it has recent­ly been award­ed gov­ern­ment con­tracts amount­ing to more than $1.9 million.

The con­tracts include haul out, main­te­nance, and repair work of the fol­low­ing vessels:

• U.S. Coast Guard Cut­ter KATMAI BAY;
• U.S. Army Corps of Engi­neers-Detroit Dis­trict Float­ing Plant (Tug DEMOLEN and Crane Barge VELER); and
• U.S. Army Corps of Engi­neers-Buf­fa­lo Dis­trict Barge BC6214.

The con­tracts could be val­ued at near­ly $2.5 mil­lion if all options are exercised.

Great Lakes Ship­yard is a reg­u­lar provider of main­te­nance and repair ser­vices to the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment, par­tic­u­lar­ly the USCG and USACE Great Lakes ves­sel fleets.  The ves­sels are “repeat cus­tomers” and were at Great Lakes Ship­yard for their last rou­tine dry­dock­ings back in 2016.

“These are some of our favorite projects to have in the ship­yard.  We have great work­ing rela­tion­ships with the Coast Guard and the Army Corps, and the con­tracts help keep our crews busy with steady work,” says Dan Kei­th, Project Manager.

The Ship­yard will uti­lize its new 900-ton Marine Trav­elift to haul out the ves­sels and barges and per­form the work simul­ta­ne­ous­ly.  For a short peri­od, all four (4) ves­sels will be on dry­dock in the yard at the same time.  Most of the work will be com­plet­ed before the end of November.