Bollinger Shipyards - Morgan City
Bollinger Shipyards is a family-owned American shipbuilder and repairer, founded in 1946 in Lockport, Louisiana, and now operating a group of shipyards across South Louisiana and Mississippi with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico. The company designs and builds Coast Guard cutters, Navy patrol, towing/salvage and survey ships, research vessels, tugs, offshore supply vessels, lift boats, barges and specialty craft, and also provides repair and conversion, machine shop, hydraulic, propeller, armature and design/engineering services. The Morgan City location is one of these facilities, listed at 806 Bollinger Lane, Amelia, Louisiana, with a Morgan City mailing address. The website does not give specific details about the capabilities or dock dimensions of the Morgan City yard itself.
Bollinger Shipyards - Morgan City
Bollinger Shipyards - Morgan City is one facility within Bollinger Shipyards LLC, a family-owned shipbuilding and ship repair group founded in 1946 by Donald G. Bollinger on Bayou Lafourche in Lockport, Louisiana. Now under third-generation family leadership, Bollinger describes itself as the largest privately owned shipbuilder in the United States, serving government, energy and commercial marine customers. The company states it has delivered more than 186 vessels to the U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Army, including Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters, and operates ISO 9001 certified yards. The website provides company-wide information rather than details specific to the Morgan City facility.
Services
- New construction of steel and aluminum vessels
- Repair and conversion work
- Design and engineering, with in-house naval architects and marine engineers
- Full-service machine shop and hydraulic services
- Propeller manufacturing and repair (27,500 sq ft shop, presses to 400 tons, propellers up to 20 ft diameter, 2,000+ patterns in stock)
- Armature services — AC and DC motor and generator repair, in-shop and field, with load testing from 1,000 kW
- Dry docks
Vessel Types
- U.S. Coast Guard cutters and patrol boats (Fast Response Cutter, Polar Security Cutter, 110' Island Class, 87' Marine Protector)
- U.S. Navy Towing, Salvage & Rescue Ships (T-ATS), Oceanographic Survey Ships (T-AGS), Auxiliary Personnel Lighters
- Research vessels, including Regional Class Research Vessels
- Tugs from 80 to 160 ft, 2,000 to 10,500 BHP, including ATB, ocean towing, ship-docking and firefighting configurations
- Offshore supply and platform supply vessels (OSV-145 through PSV-300)
- Lift boats with 120' to 245' leg lengths
- OPA '90 compliant tank barges from 20,000 to 240,000 BBL, ocean transport and derrick barges
- Specialty vessels: space transport, windfarm feeders, ferries and passenger vessels, dive support, dredgers, floodgates
Location
- Bollinger Morgan City: 806 Bollinger Lane, Amelia, LA 70340; P.O. Box 2628, Morgan City, LA 70381; phone (985) 631-3600
- Part of a network of Bollinger yards in Louisiana and Mississippi, including Lockport, Larose, Amelia, Fourchon, Mandeville, Gulfport and Pascagoula