Bollinger upgrades Port Fourchon

Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from the sea buoys in the Gulf to Bollinger?s Fourchon 350ft (106.68m) slip, which has also been deepened. Walter Berry, executive vice president and ceo said: “The deepened waterway and slip permit us to offer services to larger jack-ups and rigs as well as larger ships and boats. We also have additional shore power providing electrical power to meet vessels? hotel loads as well as additional cherry pickers and forklifts that can lift 20-55t.”