January 10. 2006
Enman & Associates, Inc.
Maritime Marketing Alliance
10920 Baymeadows Rd.
Suite 27, PMB 304
Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA
Contact:
DAVE ENMAN
(904) 519-0469 tel
(904) 519-8580 fax
(904) 318-0909 mobile
shipyards@davidenman.com
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Tècnico Continues Expansion
Into Commercial Market.
Visit Tècnico Corporation website! www.tecnicocorp.com
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Tècnico Corporation, of Norfolk, VA, is continuing its expansion into commercial marine projects. Tècnico has a history of successful ship repair support to local Norfolk yards such as Newport News, Norshipco and others. In recent years Tècnico has expanded its reach into Jacksonville, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama. The Mobile division has a clear expertise in steel and joiner and interior projects. Perhaps even more importantly they’ve shown the ability to recruit workers from the Gulf to work projects throughout the country.
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As an example, they are well into the completion of a double hull barge for US Shipping LLC (USS). The 140,000 BBL tanker was intitially started at Senesco in Rhode Island. Tècnico initially started working for Senesco assembling modules sent from their Rhode Island facility to the graving dock in Sparrows Point, Baltimore. When USS took over responsibility to complete the project, Tècnico was employed to continue its work. Tècnico has employed over 200 employees and set up shop in Baltimore to support the project.
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The initial workscope included supplying structural workers from around the country to assemble units and modules sent by others. Since that point, Tècnico’s role has expanded to include many other aspects of the construction. Stainless Steel piping systems(cargo), bond strand piping (ballast), and now fabrication of panels, assemblies and modules are all included in the expanded workscope.
As the project developed, USS was looking for support on a repair project on the MV Charleston. The work involved electrical cable and conduit, piping systems, coatings, staging etc. Tècnico took on the project and many additional items to support USS in getting the vessel out on time.
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Another example of the Tècnico’s flexibility is the work done in early 2007 for Lash Marine of New Orleans. The Bally Sea and Banda Sea are running cargo from Mobile, Alabama to Mexico. The vessels are busy and downtime was at a premium. There was a need for steel repairs and a competing need to keep the vessels working as much as possible. Tècnico replaced a total of 350 tons of steel over a 5 month period working at sea, in New Orleans and Mobile. All of the work was done without requiring a drydocking and minimizing loss of hire time. The project required a lot of planning and cooperation with the owners technical group, cargo side and the Tècnico managers to make it happen as smooth as possible. Prestaging piers, cranes, tank staging, gas freeing services all required planning more than usual to get this work to happen.
ENMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.| MARITIME MARKETING ALLIANCE
10920 Baymeadows Rd. | Suite 27, PMB 304 | Jacksonville, Florida 32256 USA
For more information contact: DAVE ENMAN
Phone: 904.519.0469 | Fax: 904.519.8580 | Mobile: 904.318.0909
E-mail: shipyards@davidenman.com