Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard hosted a Steel Cutting Ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) at its Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia on Friday February 5th 2021. The ceremony signals the start of construction of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredge. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled before the [...]
Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard has announced that it has received ISO 9001:2015 recertification its Quality Management program from the ANAB internationally accredited registrar, ABS Quality Evaluations. Conrad’s successful implementation of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2015 standards reflects the company’s commitment to its customers, planning and implementation, resource management, efficient process control, [...]
Morgan City, Louisiana: Conrad Shipyard (OTC Pink: CNRD) today announced that it has delivered two 30,000 BBL Asphalt Barges to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. “We are pleased to announce the delivery of the tank barges PTC 2001 and PTC 2002 to Parker Towing," said Conrad CEO Johnny Conrad. “Our two companies have a [...]
Conrad Shipyard, LLC (Conrad) is pleased to announce the addition of Robert A. Socha, to the Conrad team as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Robert will lead the company’s sales and marketing efforts. He will work collaboratively with other Conrad business groups, including Business Development, Engineering and Product Development, Contracts, [...]
Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) announced today that its subsidiary, Conrad Shipyard, LLC, has entered into a contract to construct a 6,500- cubic-yard-capacity Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”). The contract gives Great Lakes the option to build an additional dredge should market conditions warrant. The [...]
Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard has delivered the 6,000-horsepower towboat, H. MERRITT ‘HEAVY’ LANE, JR., to Canal Barge Company, Inc. (CBC) of New Orleans. Built at Conrad Amelia, the Sub-chapter M-compliant vessel measures 166’ x 49’ x 12’ and is powered by EPA Tier IV-compliant EMD engines. The H. MERRITT ‘HEAVY’ LANE, JR. utilizes [...]
Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City has started production on a second 6000HP Inland Towboat designed by MiNO Marine of New Orleans. The Subchapter M- compliant vessel measures 166’ x 49’ x 12’ and is powered by Tier IV compliant engines. Conrad has orders from two customers for the vessels. Conrad worked [...]
Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard christened the oceangoing tug Kāpena Bob Purdy for Young Brothers Ltd, of Honolulu, Hawaii, a subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company. The ceremony was held at Conrad Amelia in Amelia, Louisiana on May 4. Gary Lipely, Conrad Director of Sales and Marketing serving as master of ceremonies, introduced Joseph Boivin [...]
Morgan City, LA: Conrad Shipyard has delivered the Articulated Tug Barge unit, tug Wachapreague and barge DOUBLE SKIN 803 to The Vane Brothers Company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. This ATB unit is the third of a series of three like units built for Vane. DOUBLE SKIN 803 has an overall length of 403 feet, beam [...]
Story Written by Nick Blenkey - Marine Log Baltimore, MD, headquartered Vane Brothers Company has taken delivery of the first of three new ATB tugs from Conrad Shipyard’s Orange, TX, shipyard. The first tug is the Assateague, the other two boats will be the Chincoteague and the Wachapreague. Designed by Greg Castleman of Castleman [...]
