The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration awarded $35.18 million to 45 shipyards in 24 states and 1 U.S. territory through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. The department announced the awardees for 2026 with the value of the award and a description of each awarded project. The funds will help awardees modernize, increase productivity, and expand local employment opportunities.
The following table is the list of the 2026 MARAD Small Shipyard Grant Awardees created by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration.
Alabama
Blakeley Boatworks Inc.
Mobile
$736,543.78
Iron Worker, CNC Machine, 45 Welding Machines, 20 wire boxes and Air Compressor
Steiner Construction Company, Inc.
Bayou La Bâtre
$300,988.07
Betenbender Hydraulic Press Brake, Hyd-Mech S-23P Semi- Automatic Pivot Style Band Saw, Magnetic Beam Sheet Handling System, RDB-480 Rotary Draw Bender
Alaska
Catalyst Marine Engineering, LLC
Seward
$595,545.02
600-ton Press Brake, 12,000 lb telehandler, Copilot Robotic Welding Cell, Miller Big Blue 600 Air Pak mobile welding/power units for CMobilE
JAG Alaska Inc.
Seward
$1,405,113.00
Expansion of rail system and acquisition of additional cart & cradle assets to facilitate movement of vessels throughout the shipyard.
California
Marine Technical Services, Inc. dba Dockside Machine & Ship Repair
Wilmington
$738,829.00
38,000 lb. Boom Type Truck Crane, 40K lbs. Taylor XH-400L FL Truck, Six (6) Miller XMT450 welding machines, Six (6) Lincoln LN25 Wire Feeders (2 x Pro, 4 x Active 8), - Three (3) Miller Trailblazer 325 mobile diesel welding machines, One (1) new Miller Synchrowave 300 (Cryogenic)
Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Mystic
$13,238.75
Steam generator
Thames Shipyard & Repair Company
New London
$323,005.00
a 160 cubic foot dual outlet blast machine plus accessories; a 20,000 CFM mobile diesel dust collector plus accessories, a mobile trailer-mounted compressor to operate the blast equipment, and a 1.15 gal/min portable airless paint sprayer
Florida
Gulf Marine Repair Corp.
Tampa
$1,007,678.00
South Slip Utilities Upgrade (to supply compressed air, water and welding gases to 3 Berths), two (2) Cat 930 wheel loaders, JLGone (1) Skytrack 10054 telehandler, Worker Training Program Expansion - acquiring new equipment for the training center (Qty. (6) multi-process welder systems, Ventilation systems for 8 positions)
Georgia
Thunderbolt Marine Inc.
Savannah
$979,636.00
150-ton Travelift
Hawaii
MARISCO, LTD.
Kapolei
$1,183,848.00
Press brake with tooling brake dyes and bed, Plate roller
Pacific Shipyards International, LLC
Honolulu
$1,533,815.00
Link-Belt 120T Telescopic Boom Hydraulic Truck Crane and Welding and Plasma Cutting Cobot Integration
Indiana
Corn Island Shipyard, Inc.
Grandview
$1,174,867.00
Steel Processing equipment, Material Handling equipment - Plasma Cutter, Stiffener Welder, Welding equipment (20 Lincoln Power Feed Wire Feeders and 15" welding guns)
Kentucky
C&B Energy Services LLC (Carlisle & Bray Hebron Shipyard)
Hebron
$991,565.00
60 ft x 70 ft floating drydock
James Marine Inc. Wickliffe
Wickliffe
$699,433.00
65-ton Rough Terrain Crane and 12,000 lbs Telehandler
Louisiana
LAD Services Of Louisiana LLC
Morgan City
$1,041,329.00
165-ton Crawler Crane
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc.
St. Michaels
$41,250.00
Shipyard workforce development to strengthen supervisory capability, safety performance, and operational consistency
Massachusetts
Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard And Nantucket Steamship Authority
Falmouth
$4,185.00
1A Hoisting License Workforce Training Initiative
Michigan
Champions Auto Ferry Inc.
Algonac
$53,500.00
Hot tank for cleaning the internal areas of diesel engine blocks and heads, lathe
Dean Marine And Excavating, Inc.
Dearborn
$1,000,000.00
Restore full operational capability to the shipyard’s existing 158-foot floating drydock
North Shore Marine Terminal & Logistics Inc.
Escanaba
$898,022.00
Floating Drydock Control Modernization — Replacement of Four (4) Main Ballast Intake Valves, Upgrade of Manual Control Valves Throughout the Ballast System, Valve Actuation Automation System — Electric Actuators, Control Logic, and Remote HMI, Electronic Tank Level Sensing System
Mississippi
Signet Maritime Corporation
Pascagoula
$387,745.06
10'x40' CNC Plasma Cutting Table, Vertical Tilt-Frame Bandsaw' Sub-arc Welding Tractor, Fillet Welding Tractors, Pipe Bender, Rotary Compression Bender
United States Marine Inc.
Gulfport
$123,071.93
Three (3) Forklifts
Missouri
Arcosa Marine Products, NABRICO Marine Plant #1075 Caruthersville
Caruthersville
$911,171.09
600-Ton tandem Hydraulic Press Modernization with adjustable Die System and Die Holder
New Jersey
Bayonne Drydock & Repair Corp.
Bayonne
$673,123.44
integrated ultra-high-pressure hydro-blasting and surface-preparation system
New York
Robert E. Derecktor, Inc.
Mamaroneck
$1,000,000.00
200-ton Seatrax Model S9036 Marine Crane
Shellfish Marine Inc.
West Sayville
$659,750.00
100-ton Marine Travelift
Oregon
Fred Wahl Marine Construction, Inc.
Reedsport
$195,336.00
Acquisition and Installation of New Closed Loop Wash Water Treatment System to Replace Outdated and Undersized Existing Equipment & Acquisition of 4 Pressure Washers
Gunderson Marine LLC
Portland
$1,534,953.00
CNC Plasma Cutter Acquisition Project - a Machitech Titanium Cut Dual Gantry (or similar) with a 16 foot cutting width
RECONCRAFT, LLC
Clackamas
$661,981.73
Two (2) 25-ton Overhead Cranes for Bay 4 and 15 Miller USA Alumafeed Migrunner 350 MPA MIG welding stations and 10 Miller Dynasty 400 TIG welding stations, along with required accessories and support components
Shaver Transportation Co.
Portland
$10,400.00
Worker training project to develop skills for marine engine repairs
Pennsylvania
HFL 412 Marine, Inc. - Georgetown Shipyard
Georgetown
$1,081,613.00
165-ton lattice boom crawler crane
South Carolina
Stevens Towing Co., Inc.
Hollywood
$1,500,000.00
Mid-yard Utilities Upgrade Project - High-amperage electrical upgrades, Gas lines (oxygen, acetylene and propylene), Water Lines, Air Compressor System, Welding Gas Systems, Infrastructure - (65) Footings, (3) Foundations, totaling: 1,940 square feet, (4) bollards, Fencing to house all enclosures, Piping
Texas
Gulf Copper LLC
Galveston
$976,384.00
120' x 14'-06" CNC plasma cutting system
MBLH Marine, LLC dba Vessel Repair
Port Arthur
$1,500,000.00
100 foot x 65 foot x 28 foot floating drydock
Taylor Marine Construction Of Texas, LLC
Kemah
$360,343.11
Industrial winch that will be used to haul out barges from the water on an air bag system, Boom Lift and Telehandler
Vermont
Lake Champlain Transportation Company
Burlington
$999,784.00
10-ton Broderson IC-100B deck crane, replace marine railway catwalk, and mooring slip
Washington
Arrow Launch Service, Inc.
Port Angeles
$750,000.00
75-ton Travelift
BRIX Marine Inc.
Port Angeles
$1,259,190.00
10-ton remote overhead cranes with hoists and runways - 4 quantity
Delta Marine Industries, Inc.
Seattle
$1,508,596.93
620-ton Travelift
Everett Ship Repair LLC
Everett
$456,216.00
Electrical Upgrades in support of new 35,000 ton floating drydock, Training in Shipyard Processes
Rozema's Boat Works, Inc.
Mount Vernon
$938,175.71
MultiCam 5-410-R-H CNC Router Table, 230-Ton CNC Press Brake: Cincinnati XFORM, Mechanical Shear
Safe Boats International LLC
Bremerton
$321,474.38
Aluminum Welding/Fabrication Training Program, 17 welding machines are requested: 15 Metal Inert Gas (MIG) and 2 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), eight welding booths, a re-circulating air filtration system, training tools including clamps and hoists
Wisconsin
Fincantieri Marine Group LLC (Bay Shipbuilding)
Sturgeon Bay
$1,273,202.00
CNC Profile cutter, 100-ton rough terrain crane
Shipbuilders of Wisconsin, Inc. dba Burger Boat Company
Manitowoc
$568,720.00
Digital Engineering Ship Infrastructure System centered on the ShipConstructor suite of software, supported by 10 high-performance engineering workstations, five compatible mobile workstations (laptops) for off-yard use by managers, 10 tablets for use while walking through projects in real-time with customers and shipyard personnel, and a laser scanning system for real-time build inspection and validation
Virgin Islands
Dirty Bottom LLC
Christiansted
$763,401.00
75-ton (165,000 lb) Model 75BFMII variable-width Marine Travelift
