Post by ferryfast admin on Jun 12, 2012 9:44:15 GMT -5
Shipyard expansion increases capacity
Marinette Marine able to take on more projects
2:19 PM, Jun. 10, 2012
Written by
Nathan Phelps
Gannett Wisconsin Media
www.postcrescent.com/article/20120611/APC03/306110050/Shipyard-expansion-increases-capacity
MARINETTE — The massive unpainted hull of the artic research vessel Sikuliaq fills a large portion of one of the construction bays in Building 10 at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette.
In other parts of the building, workers move over and weld modular sections of future littoral combat ships being built for the U.S. Navy.
Expansion of Building 10 was the first major step in a $73.5 million project at the shipyard to update facilities and processes.
In recent years, the yard has seen the construction of four major projects that have added or expanded buildings on the site in preparation for the anticipated LCS series production for the Navy.
About 44 percent of the yard has changed since owner Fincantieri opted to invest in the upgrades.
"The expansion more than doubled our capacity, and in the short term, allowed us to take on commercial projects," said Scott Wellens, director of facility and process improvement at Marinette Marine. "We're going to be building two littoral combat ships a year for the Navy and … we built in efficiencies that will allow us some additional capacity to take on additional work."
On Wednesday, Lockheed Martin delivered the future USS Fort Worth to the Navy. The Fort Worth is the latest LCS finished by Marinette Marine. The first one was the USS Freedom.
Two other ships in the class are under construction, and the yard also has a number of other ongoing projects like the artic research vessel and a fisheries survey ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wellens has been with Marinette Marine for 19 years and has seen it transformed over the course of the past four years with an infusion of capital by its owner, Fincantieri.
"It's dramatically different," he said about the yard. "The average age of the shipyard's building has probably decreased by 20 or 30 years."
Some of the buildings that were razed for new construction date back seven decades.
The yard has a new panel fabrication building and expanded erection building (Building 10), while work is ongoing on a new paint building expected to be finished by August and another production building slated to be finished in November.
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Marinette Marine Corp.
www.marinettemarine.com/
Fincantieri Marine Group
www.fincantierimarinegroup.com/
Lockheed Martin
www.lockheedmartin.com/
Marinette Marine able to take on more projects
2:19 PM, Jun. 10, 2012
Written by
Nathan Phelps
Gannett Wisconsin Media
www.postcrescent.com/article/20120611/APC03/306110050/Shipyard-expansion-increases-capacity
MARINETTE — The massive unpainted hull of the artic research vessel Sikuliaq fills a large portion of one of the construction bays in Building 10 at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette.
In other parts of the building, workers move over and weld modular sections of future littoral combat ships being built for the U.S. Navy.
Expansion of Building 10 was the first major step in a $73.5 million project at the shipyard to update facilities and processes.
In recent years, the yard has seen the construction of four major projects that have added or expanded buildings on the site in preparation for the anticipated LCS series production for the Navy.
About 44 percent of the yard has changed since owner Fincantieri opted to invest in the upgrades.
"The expansion more than doubled our capacity, and in the short term, allowed us to take on commercial projects," said Scott Wellens, director of facility and process improvement at Marinette Marine. "We're going to be building two littoral combat ships a year for the Navy and … we built in efficiencies that will allow us some additional capacity to take on additional work."
On Wednesday, Lockheed Martin delivered the future USS Fort Worth to the Navy. The Fort Worth is the latest LCS finished by Marinette Marine. The first one was the USS Freedom.
Two other ships in the class are under construction, and the yard also has a number of other ongoing projects like the artic research vessel and a fisheries survey ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wellens has been with Marinette Marine for 19 years and has seen it transformed over the course of the past four years with an infusion of capital by its owner, Fincantieri.
"It's dramatically different," he said about the yard. "The average age of the shipyard's building has probably decreased by 20 or 30 years."
Some of the buildings that were razed for new construction date back seven decades.
The yard has a new panel fabrication building and expanded erection building (Building 10), while work is ongoing on a new paint building expected to be finished by August and another production building slated to be finished in November.
_______________________
Marinette Marine Corp.
www.marinettemarine.com/
Fincantieri Marine Group
www.fincantierimarinegroup.com/
Lockheed Martin
www.lockheedmartin.com/