Marine Inland Fabricators
Marine Inland Fabricators is a steel vessel builder in Panama City, Florida, specializing in truckable towboats and barges for the marine construction and dredging industries. The yard designs and constructs semi-custom and custom vessels including push boats, towboats, dredge tenders, hopper barges, deck barges, sectional barges, ferry barges and sectional floating docks. Operating from five acres on the Intracoastal Waterway, it delivers vessels across North America and ships through Gulf Coast terminals to destinations as far as South America, West Africa and South-East Asia. Recent deliveries include a series of hulls for Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co. and Heinsohn Contracting Inc.
Marine Inland Fabricators
Marine Inland Fabricators designs and builds semi-custom and custom steel vessels for the marine industries, with a stated specialty in truckable towboats and barges for marine construction and dredging work. The company operates from a five-acre industrial site on the Intracoastal Waterway in Panama City, Florida, and states that its location near the Gulf and East Coast interstate highway systems allows delivery of vessels across North America, while proximity to Gulf Coast shipping terminals supports shipments to South America, West Africa and South-East Asia.
Services
- Design and construction of semi-custom and custom steel vessels
- Steel fabrication using current construction techniques
- Custom engineering solutions, such as proprietary pinning and interlocking systems for sectional barges and floating piers
- Truckable designs, including pilothouses configured for trucking position and sections shippable by road to reduce transport cost
Vessel Types
- Push boats and towboats, including custom and live-aboard towboats
- Dredge tenders in sizes from roughly 20 ft to 40 ft
- Hopper barges for dredged material and bulk transport
- Deck / flat deck sectional barges for marine contractors, dock builders, pile drivers and dredging operators
- Ferry barges, including sectional designs
- Sectional floating docks and floating piers, with ballastable watertight compartments, articulating steel ramps and deck matting retention systems
Facilities
- Five acres of industrial property with yard frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway
Location
- 5855 Bay Line Drive, Panama City, Bay County, Florida 32404
- Phone: (850) 265-1383; Fax: (850) 265-0487
Customers and Projects
The company lists a broad client base spanning marine construction, dredging, aggregates and government, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Navy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, several state transportation departments, Weeks Marine, Boh Brothers Construction, Manson Construction, Ellicott Dredges and Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel. Recent hull deliveries in 2024 and 2025 include multiple vessels for Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co. ("Captain Pete", "Woodruff", "Integrity", "Pinoak", "Big Soupbone", "Little Soupbone"), Heinsohn Contracting Inc. ("William J", "Gustav"), Cenac Equipment Rentals and the City of Mexico Beach, Florida. Earlier reference projects include a set of six interlocking floats built for 3DX Design in 1998 and a 100 ft by 24 ft sectional floating pier for the American Yacht Club in Rye, New York, in 1999.