Workboat Show Daily It’s been busy, busy year for Conrad Shipyard. Conrad’s Morgan City, La., Amelia, La., and Orange, Texas, facilities are scheduled to deliver a number of new barges and vessels by the end of the year. This includes tank barges, a refrigeration barge, an articulated tug-barge unit, construction barges, a keyway barge, [...]
Workboat Show Daily November proved to be a record- setting month for Conrad Shipyard as the company signed new construction contracts with three repeat customers. The new contracts consist of multiple oceangoing tank barges and tugs. Johnny Conrad, Conrad Shipyard president and CEO, discussed the signifi- cance of the record setting achievement. “The fact [...]
Workboat Show Daily Parker Conrad is a legend in South Louisiana and a pioneer in the shipbuilding industry. In October, he turned 100. From humble beginnings of building wooden shrimp boats to increasingly larger and more powerful vessels, Parker Conrad put his stamp of integrity, craftsmanship and quality on every vessel delivered. Through the [...]
