Master Boat Builders announced the delivery of the first in a four-boat series of Rapport 3000 escort tugs for Suderman & Young Towing Company on June 24. Read More
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Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders has announced plans to build a new $60 million, 150,000-square-foot defense- and government-focused shipbuilding facility, which will be located directly across from the company’s… Read More
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the awarding of grants July 21 totaling $8.75 million through the Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant program. The grants target projects that a focus on… Read More
In October 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $1.19 billion contract to Denver-based Birdon America to build its Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program. The order called on Birdon to… Read More
Crowley, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based logistics, marine and energy solutions company founded in 1892, christened the United States’ first all-electric ship assist harbor tugboat June 25 in a ceremony held at… Read More
A year has passed since the U.S. Coast Guard awarded Denver, Colo.-based Birdon America Inc. an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract for the detail design and construction of… Read More
Birdon America Inc., the Denver, Colo.-based company that in October 2022 was awarded a $1.187 billion contract for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program, has… Read More
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied protests filed against the awarding of a contract to Denver, Colo.-based Birdon America Inc. for the construction of a new… Read More
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders has executed a contract to construct a pair of tugboats for Moran Towing Corporation, a New Canaan, Conn.-based provider of towing services and… Read More
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. has announced a contract to build an additional tugboat for Bay Houston Towing Company. The Houston-based company already has three tugs of… Read More


