Inaugural Ship Repair USA is a hit with attendees

Ship Repair USA drew nearly 250 attendees to New Orleans.

Marine Log held its first-ever Ship Repair USA conference in New Orleans on June 20-21, drawing nearly 250 attendees from across the spectrum of yards, vessel operators, maintenance providers, suppliers and other specialists. Ship Repair USA plans to return to the Gulf region next summer.

“The feedback for Ship Repair USA has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Gary Lynch, publisher of Marine Log. “The program, the speakers, the sponsors, our program collaboration with MSC, and our partnership with SNAME attracted an audience of senior-level executives, and we delivered an exceptional experience for all involved. We’re proud that Marine Log can add a third high-level conference alongside TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) and Ferries.”

Day one of the event focused on advances in technologies for ship repair yards, legal advice, how to find funding, and more. Day two focused on programming from the Military Sealift Command and how ship repair yards, especially smaller ones, can access its commercial repair work needs among other things.

“I am excited to see how Ship Repair USA evolves as we take the advice of our attendees and our own expertise into next year and beyond,” says Heather Ervin, editor in chief of Marine Log. “We always want the industry to be involved in our programming and networking ideas since this event is truly for them.”

Sponsors for Ship Repair USA 2023 included:

• Alabama Shipyard (Cocktail Reception)
• Jones Walker (Gold/Cocktail Reception)
• W&O (Luncheon)
• Bay Ship & Yacht (Registration Sponsor)
• PPG (Gold)
• On Site Alignment (Gold)
• The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (Associate Partner)
• Tork Systems (Silver & Lanyards)
• Conrad Shipyards (Silver)
• Bollinger Shipyards (Silver)
• ABS (Silver)
• Bayonne Dry Dock (Silver)
• Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (Silver)
• Electronic Marine Systems (Silver)
• Rasmussen Equipment Company (Silver)
• SSI (Silver)
• Bergan Marine Systems (Silver)
• CMP Global (Silver)
• STI Firestop (Silver)
• Crowley (Bronze)
• GMD Shipyard (Bronze)
• All American Paint/Carboline (Bronze)
• Kongsberg (Bronze)
• CommercePayments (Bronze)
• Gulf Copper (Bronze)
• Louisiana Cat (Bronze)
• Sewart Supply (Bronze)
• Scurlock Electric (Bronze)
• Platypus Marine Inc. (Bronze)
• Separator Spares & Equipment (Bronze)
• Ahead Sanitation Systems (Bronze)
• Simplex Americas (Bronze)
• SKF Cooper (Bronze)
• Tnemec (Bronze)
• Butterworth Inc. (Bronze)
• LeBlanc & Associates (Bronze)