New and improved:Regional shipyards stay hot with vessel construction and modification projects

摘要

West Coast and Alaska shipyards have been busy building and upgrading vessels, ranging from combination boats to tenders to factory trawlers. Here are some highlights. At the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard in Anacortes, Washington, America's Finest,a 262-foot Norwegian-designed factory trawler, has been launched and is in the water.The new vessel is being built for Fishermen's Finest, a Kirk-land, Washington-based company that operates factory trawlers in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. The designer is Skipsteknisk, of Norway.