GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulf Coast Shipyard Group is building six Dual Fuel Offshore Supply Vessels for Harvey Gulf International Marine.
Gulf Coast Shipyard Group has signed a three-year lease at the state Port at Gulfport to finish building the vessel.
Company president John Dane III tells The Sun Herald (https://bit.ly/1eH5eWQ ) that the company could hire up to 30 local workers to help finish up the first LNG-powered vessel to be built in this country for the offshore oil industry.
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Gulf Coast Shipyard is leasing, for $4,000 a month, warehouse space in a port shed and 400 linear feet of dock space. They hope to tow the boat in and begin work in mid-March.
Dane said his company will be adding $100,000 in improvements, including fencing and electrical power.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com
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