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To inhabitants of the Gulf Coast it’s an industry known all too well, but for those somewhat foreign to the concept shipbuilding and engineering is rather a novelty. One company in Louisiana is making great strides to build the industry into a common household conversation topic. Leevac’s shipyard in Louisiana and workboat construction facilities include an 85,000-square-foot computerized steel fabrication shop (with a computer-aided plasma cutting machine), a computerized pipe machine (three-axis pipe cutting system) and an 8000-square-foot pipe shop that allows their craftsmen to prefab and spool pipe indoors. LEEVAC's facilities also include a warehouse complex featuring more than 30,000 square feet of storage space. Leevac’s heavy equipment includes three crawler cranes with capacity up to 230 tons, as well as 10 overhead cranes and eight track cranes. They have the capability to safely and efficiently transport tug boats and workboats weighing up to 200 tons utilizing a specialized transport vehicle. In addition, the LEEVAC shipyard facilities feature a dry dock, a graving dock, more than 2,000 feet of wet dock area with 40 feet of water in the river and a one side launch-way. Since its inception, LEEVAC has served virtually every aspect of the commercial maritime industry. However, one of their core business processes is the design and fabrication of workboats and tug boats. Leevac has the capabilities to build these specialized vessels ranging in hundreds of feet in length, with varying hull widths. These vessels are built to international specifications and have been deployed worldwide. Leevac’s workboats also meet all safety requirements and regulations including the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), International Maritime Organization (IMO), Bureau Veritas (BV), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), firefighting (FIFI) organizations, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), and other pertinent regulatory needs. In addition, they have a naval architect on staff to help ensure that all safety and certification requirements are met. “Our company's specific towing industry experience ranges from building standard workboat configurations to unique tug boats, cable reel applications, deployment vessels, dive vessels, lightering support vessels, seismic vessels, and anchor handling vessels, among others.” LEEVAC also has significant experience and capabilities with specialized vessels and technologies including dynamic positioning (DP1, DP2, DP3), diesel electric vessels, methanol systems, liquid mud, bulk mud, Z-drives, split rudder systems, multi-point monitor systems, polar class, fiber optic wiring and advanced painting technologies. In addition to building steel-hulled vessels, LEEVAC has the capabilities for aluminum fabrication as well. LEEVAC has maintained its position as one of the most productive and profitable shipyards of its size in the United States due to their ability to deliver quality work on time and on budget. Leevac successfully survived the decline of the oilfield service industry in the 1980s by diversifying their capabilities into other industries – and they are well positioned to provide strong operating results well into the 21st century. Find out more about Workboats and Tug Boat Construction at Leevac, a Louisiana Shipyard.
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