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which was good for tourism to the U.S. and building excursion boats. A lot of new yards were established in the last 10 years that have been feeding on building these security and excursion boats." "But, that boom is over, and it is my belief that we are going to see a significant blood-bath in the boat-building sector in the U.S. Several shipyards have gone bankrupt and are likely not to come out of it. Furthermore, the U.S. Navy does business with about 25 small shipyards around the U.S., and ours is one of them, but it now appears that there will not be enough business to keep all of us busy. Also, the tug market, which was really hot building tugs for ship-assist work, is gone, at least for the time being." Kvichak Marine is an aluminum boat-building firm with two boat yards: one in Seattle where half of the work is commercial and one adjacent to the Seatac Airport, used exclusively for building response boats for the U.S. Coast Guard. "Our commercial work is down, since we are not selling as much new work as we are completing old work," Whitmore said. "But what we are building and continue to build is patrol boats, power boats, ferries and oil skimmers. I don't see any emerging markets. It is like everyone is holding his or her breath to see how the economy shakes out. Some markets are OK, but markets like excursion boats, where they are counting on non-commuters as passengers, are really challenged."
Barge building on the Columbia and Iowa Rivers
2009
down the Columbia River. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Bill Gobel said, "We have a backlog that takes us pretty much
Corp. is based in Portland, Ore., where the West Coast barge industry is concentrated, largely because of the enormous quantity of grain barged
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For over 18 years, CIS has strived to offer our customers durable, high quality products at a reasonable cost. We offer in-house design and engineering. We have the capacity to build vessels up to 550 feet in length by 108 feet wide. CIS has produced custom vessels for customers on both the East Coast and West Coast, as well as the Gulf Coast and most states on the inland waterway system. Our product special es include the following:
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