Shipyards New management team at Lisnave
Bollinger acquires Gulf Island Fabrication
There is a new management team at Portugal’s Lisnave, Setubal. The team is headed by Managing Director, Nuno Miguel Ferreira de Almeida Antunes dos Santos. Nuno Antunes dos Santos was born in 1965 in Portugal and has a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and an MBA. He was at university, where he worked in Research & Development and as an Assistant Lecturer. Nuno then worked in three different shipyards in Portugal with different positions including: • Production • Design • Planning • Quality • Sales • Board of Directors
US’ Bollinger Shipyards, a privately held leading designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels for the past three quarters of a century, has announced that it has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication Shipyard facilities, expanding Bollinger’s new construction and repair capacity and capabilities to better serve its key defence and commercial customers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition creates expanded opportunities for Bollinger to better serve and deepen its relationships with key defence and commercial customers with an increased capacity for new projects and footprint, access to a larger workforce skilled in steel construction, improved efficiency and enhanced economies of scale. Current customers for Bollinger include the USCG, USN, General Dynamics-Electric Boat, and non-defence and commercial customers servicing energy production to dredging. Gulf Island had been building the Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships (T-ATS) for the USN and Regional Class Research Vessels for the National Science Foundation and Oregon State University. These projects conveyed with the transaction. “The addition of the new Houma shipyard further strengthens our position within the US defence industrial base as a leading shipbuilder and vessel repair company,” said Ben Bordelon, CEO and President of Bollinger Shipyards. “For 75 years, we’ve developed a deep expertise in and proven track record of building reliable, high endurance steel vessels for the Coast Guard, Navy and our commercial customers. As the needs of these customers change and grow, we are constantly looking for ways to invest in and expand our capabilities and innovative solutions so that we can continue to provide them with the highest levels of quality, support and service in our industry.” “For three quarters of a century, Bollinger’s greatest strength has and continues to be our people and their American ingenuity and quality craftsmanship. I am excited to welcome the Gulf Island Shipyard employees into the Bollinger family. Together, we will ensure that the ‘Bollinger Standard’ will be the high bar we measure ourselves against for superior quality and safety as we work to deliver the next generation of American made highperformance vessels for our government and
Nuno was also involved in other activities including: • President of Colégio de Engenharia Naval da Ordem dos Engenheiros • Member of the Board of Associação das Indústrias Navais • Member of the Board of Comunidade Portuária da Figueira da Foz • Member of the Board of Comunidade Portuária de Aveiro • President of the Statutory Auditor Board of Lusitânia Fisheries • Etc. Most recently, Nuno was employed as the PIT Shipbuilding Specialist at Holland’s Royal IHC. He leads a team, which includes - Luís Braga (Commercial Director), Helder Carita (Deputy Commercial Director), Miguel Santos (Sales Manager) and Claudio Dangues (Sales Manager).
Nuno Miguel Ferreira de Almeida Antunes dos Santos
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Gulf Island Fabrication
commercial customers.” The new Bollinger Houma facility encompasses 437 acres (1.77 kms2) on the west bank of the Houma Navigation Canal, of which 283 acres (1.15 kms2) is unimproved land that is available for expansion. The facility includes 18,000 ft 2 (1,672 m2) of administrative and operations facilities, 160,000 ft2 (14,864 m2) of covered fabrication facilities and 20,000 ft2 (1,858 m2) of warehouse facilities. It also has 6,750 feet (2,567 m) of water frontage, including 2,350 feet (716 m) of steel bulkheads. Located just 30 miles (48 kms) from the Gulf of Mexico, the strategic location provides short and unrestricted access to the newly acquired Houma facility from open waters. The acquisition also includes a 15,000-short ton drydock, a 4,000-short ton drydock, a 3,000-short ton drydock, and a 1,500-short ton drydock.
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