UNITED STATE Marine Management is bringing the USNS Bob Hope to ECR for a 90 day repair work duration
Ship repairer East Coast Repair and also Fabrication, which is based in the Hampton Roads location with procedures in Jacksonville, Fla., and also San Diego Calif., is rebranding as ECR and also making transfer to increase its abilities.
Since its startup in 1999, the business has actually concentrated mostly on structure proficiency and also capability tailored in the direction of sustaining the upkeep of the Navy’s fleet. Last summer season, however, ECR safeguarded a center in Newport News, Va., with the objective of providing its ship repair work solutions to industrial vessel proprietors and also drivers. The 84 acre center, situated at the foot of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, consists of 2 piers, one at 1,100 feet and also one at 1,000 feet, and also each with a water deepness of 40 feet. This springtime, the business additionally broadened its initiatives in the industrial industry by getting a little industrial ship repair work business and also factory in Jacksonville, Fla., and also developing a Crane and also Rigging business.
The conclusion of ECR’s current company growth initiatives caused its winning its initial ship repair work agreement honor for efficiency the brand-new center. UNITED STATE Marine Management, a personal driver for a variety of Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessels, will certainly bring the USNS Bob Hope to ECR’s center for a 90 day duration for some steel repair. The vessel is the lead ship in MSC’s course of lorry freight ships are utilized to preposition storage tanks, vehicles and also various other rolled lorries and also materials.
“This is a monumental event for our company,” states Rene Doiron, ECR’sPresident “We look forward to servicing a more broad and diverse group of vessel owners and operators in the region with our deep water piers. The opportunities to add future capabilities at the facility are abundant. We look forward to expanding our offerings as we continue to invest in our future.”
