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The Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (Marad) has awarded $19.6 million in grants to 24 small shipyards in 19 states. Grant recipients (with the grant amounts) include: 1.Patti Marine Enterprises Inc., Pensacola, Fla., $1.2 million, to construct a new 800-ton drydock. 2.Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corp., Somerset, Mass., $949,899, to support the purchase of a set of hanging shop doors, a 35-ton self-propelled boat transporter, and a one-ton overhead crane. 3.Chesapeake Shipbuilding Inc., Salisbury, Md., $1.1 million, to support the purchase of a plasma table, 30-ton mobile Marine Travelift crane, CNC 250-ton, and a 14' CNC press brake. 4.ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore Inc., $1.15 million, to support the purchase of an electric "green" blast and paint booth project. 5.Arcosa Marine Products Inc., Caruthersville, Mo., $869,951, for panel line improvements and welding equipment. 6.The Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, $781,627, to support the purchase of tooling and equipment to improve shipyard operations. 7.Shaver Transportation Co., Portland, Ore., $649,638, for a new shipyard electrification project, 18-ton pedestal-mounted electric crane and installation of a solar energy system. 8.Blount Boats Inc., Warren, R.I., $937,933, to purchase a telehandler, a pair of three-ton overhead cranes, a forklift, and four scissor lifts. 9.Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., $566,617, to support the purchase of new electric fire pumps. 10.Ice Floe LLC/Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, Wash., $1.23 million for the purchase and installation of a one-sided welder. 11.Safe Boats International LLC, Bremerton, Wash., $716,983, to help modernize its facility by acquiring an 80-ton self-propelled vessel transporter, new aluminum welding equipment, and mobile lifting equipment including a large forklift, scissor lift, and extended reach forklift. 12.Fincantieri Marine Group LLC, Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., $1.2 million, to support the modernization of its graving dock pumps. |