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Horizon Shipbuilding
Horizon Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Bayou La Batre, Alabama Bayou La Batre ( or ) is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,204, down from 2,558 at the 2010 census. Bayou La Batre is a fishing village wi .... The company was founded by the Short family in 1997 after a previous shipbuilding venture failed. In 2002, Horizon declared bankruptcy after a Nigerian client failed to pay in full for several delivered vessels. After emerging from bankruptcy, control of the company passed in full to Travis R. Short, the younger of the father-son founding team. Horizon expended its business through the 2000s, delivering vessels to defense, fishing, and towboat customers. By 2016, the company employed about 350 people and had annual revenue of between $40 and $50 million. In July 2016, Horizon was one of two shipbuilders awarded a contract to construct new passenger ferries for t ...
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Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Bayou La Batre ( or ) is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,204, down from 2,558 at the 2010 census. Bayou La Batre is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. The local chamber of commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capitol of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage (or Bosarge) 733-1795was awarded a Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou (see history below). The modern city of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955. On August 29, 2005, the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, which produced the largest storm surge ever recorded in the area, reaching nearly Updated August 10, 2006. Updated September 14, 2011. and pushing many shrimp boats and the cargo ship ''M/V Caribbean Clipper'' onto shore. History A ...
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NYC Ferry
NYC Ferry is a public network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises. , there are six routes, as well as one seasonal route, connecting 25 ferry piers across all five boroughs. NYC Ferry has the largest passenger fleet in the United States with a total of 38 vessels, providing between 20–90 minute service on each of the routes, depending on the season. One additional route and one new pier are planned as of December 2021. New York City had an extensive ferry network until the 1960s, when almost all ferry services were discontinued, but saw a revival in the 1980s and 1990s. The city government officially proposed its own ferry service in 2013, which was announced two years later under the tentative name of Citywide Ferry Service. The first of two phases launched in 2017 with service along the East River and to the Rockaways, Bay Ridge, and Astoria. A second phase launched to the Lower East Side and Soundview in 2018. A ferry to St. George, Staten Islan ...
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Metal Shark Boats
Metal Shark Boats is an American developer and builder of aluminum-hull vessels that operates shipyards in Jeanerette and Franklin, Louisiana. It offers a variety of vessels ranging from commercial transportation to specialized law enforcement and military applications. History The company was founded as Gravois Aluminum Boats in 1986, building primarily small recreational vessels. As sales declined Gravois incorporated Metal Shark in 2005 with the goal of attracting governmental and commercial clients. The company operated out of its Jeanerette facility, building boats up to in length primarily for government agencies, notably a $192 million contract for almost 500 small response boats for the United States Coast Guard. In January 2014, Metal Shark announced that it had purchased a site in Franklin, Louisiana on the Charenton Bypass Canal and planned to establish a second shipyard there with the capacity to construct vessels up to in length. The facility opened in July 2 ...
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American Boat Builders
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