Metal Shark Boats, which has operations in Jeanerette and Franklin, is expanding its south Louisiana presence by opening a manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish near Tabasco’s headquarters in Avery ...

“This new facility is about building more capability here at home,” said Garrett Rice, President, Master Boat Builders. “By ...

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A company that has built bay boats and commercial vessels in Louisiana for over 30 years is located right here in Acadiana. In 2006 Metal Shark Boats won their first contract with the U.S. Coast guard ...

JEANERETTE, La. – Shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected to build the next generation of fire boats for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. Miami-Dade has selected the Metal Shark “50 Defiant X” ...

A move to expand a Bayou La Batre shipyard’s capabilities -- and its workforce -- with a $38 million investment is part of a wave that has been building for at least two years. On Thursday, ...

Laura Davidson was nervous. It was her job on Friday to christen the 47-foot steel trawler that her fiance, Bruce Solem of Rice Lake, had built from scratch over the past 13 years. Davidson was afraid ...