This spring brought good news to
Marinette Marine; the Marinette-based shipyard won an additional contract to build four more boats for the U.S. Coast Guard.
The four boats are medium response boats and are valued at about $9.4 million all together. They are part of a multi-year contract between Marinette Marine and the Coast Guard which would allow the Coast Guard to order construction and delivery of up to 250 of the boats. But typically, only a few at a time are ordered, as needed each year.
The order brings the total of Coast Guard response boats Marinette Marine will build up to 174. These will start construction immediately and be ready for delivery by the end of 2014. Half will be built at the company's shipyards in Green Bay, while the other half will be built by its partner Kvichak Marine in Seattle.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Marinette Marine
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