Lockport, United States
shipbuilding company headquartered in Lockport, Louisiana
“Bollinger Shipyard exists to provide our clients with complete marine services to meet your needs from repair to vessel building.”
Bollinger Shipyards commissioned USCGC Jeffrey Palazzo (WPC-1163), a Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter, at New York's Intrepid Museum on September 12, 2026. The 154-foot vessel is named after a 9/11 hero and Coast Guard reservist; Bollinger incorporated steel from Ground Zero into memorial plaques on this and sister ship USCGC Vincent Danz.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards partners with Gulfport School District to launch NextGen Shipbuilders, a work-based learning program providing high school students hands-on training in welding, pipefitting, marine electrical, carpentry, and rigging at Bollinger's training facility.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards opened a 7,200-square-foot Workforce Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, in partnership with the Submarine Industrial Base Program Office and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The facility will offer bootcamp-style training in marine electrical, electronics, and sheet metal mechanics beginning Fall 2026, building on Bollinger's existing apprenticeship program which has attracted over 4,000 applicants since 2024.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards finalized contract terms with the U.S. Coast Guard to begin production on the Arctic Security Cutter program. The program will leverage Bollinger's integrated manufacturing network across the Gulf of America and builds on four decades of partnership delivering 189 vessels.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards has earned the Shipbuilders Council of America Excellence in Safety Award for the 21st consecutive year since 2005, a record unmatched by any other U.S. shipbuilder. The Louisiana-based company with 3,700+ employees across 13 facilities maintains injury and illness rates well below national shipbuilding averages.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards commissioned USCGC VINCENT DANZ (WPC-1162), a 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard, at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on May 22, 2026. The vessel was named after Vincent Danz, a Coast Guard reservist and NYPD officer who died in the 9/11 attacks. Steel from the World Trade Center debris was incorporated into memorial plaques on this vessel and sister ship USCGC Jeffrey Palazzo.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards announced the retirement of Rich Murphy as Vice President and General Manager of Bollinger Houma Shipyards after 13 years, with Mark Matta Sr. appointed as successor. Both executives are former U.S. Coast Guard officers.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards received the 2025 LWCC Safest 70 Award, recognizing its commitment to workplace safety across its Louisiana facilities. The shipyard, with 3,700 employees, has maintained incident rates below the national industry average and received the SCA Excellence in Safety Award for 20 consecutive years.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards christened the USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67), a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship, at its Pascagoula, Mississippi facility. The 350-foot vessel is designed for acoustic, biological, physical, and geophysical surveys to support U.S. Navy operations and will be operated by Military Sealift Command.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards commissioned USCGC Olivia Hooker, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This marks the 61st FRC delivered by Bollinger, with 77 total vessels now on contract following a recent $1 billion award for 10 additional cutters.
Bollinger ShipyardsThe U.S. Secretary of the Navy and senior Navy leaders visited Bollinger Shipyards' Mississippi facility on January 9, 2026, to discuss workforce development, platform innovation, and acquisition reform. The visit highlighted Bollinger's 61% Mississippi workforce increase and procurement modernization efforts.
Bollinger ShipyardsBollinger Shipyards signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to construct four Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), medium polar icebreakers based on a Multi-Purpose Icebreaker design. Construction will take place at Bollinger's Houma, Louisiana shipyard as part of a trilateral U.S.-Finland collaboration.
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