Bollinger Quick Repair is a full service shipyard, providing 24-hour repair service from a convenient location only 1,100 feet from the Mississippi River along the Harvey Canal. The facility is equipped with six floating dry docks offering capacities of up to 3,400 tons and a sprawling 2,200-foot wet dock, complete with compressed air, fuel gases, oxygen, and electrical power. This dockside berthing area has become popular with customers because it provides a clean, safe location for mooring vessels in a slack water channel while maintenance and repairs are conducted. Bollinger Quick Repair is also a full service shipyard in itself. The propeller, machine, and armature shops located adjacent to the wet dock and floating dry docks are known worldwide for the first-class services performed in our facilities for other shipyards and for our customers around the world.Additional services provided through the network of Bollinger facilities include Propeller and Vibration analysis service for new construction and repair; Engineering and Naval Architects; Logistics Support by CHAND; Machine Shops; Armature Services; and Hydraulic Services. The company has established a premier reputation for superior quality and timely services for its customers.more

Austal USA started operations in 1999 with under 100 employees on a 14-acre facility that consisted of a 90 x 60 assembly bay fronted by a 380-foot wharf. The original support staff of six included three vice presidents and their assistants and the team worked in a double-wide trailer.The first major expansion was completed in November 2005, shortly after Austal began designing the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy. This expansion included two additional assembly bays, two launch pads, and a combined wharf (bulkhead) length of 750 feet.more