Bollinger ownership changes hands

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All assets and stock of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has been purchased by Ben Bordelon and the family that owns Edison Chouest Offshore.

Bordelon, who served as Bollinger’s Chief Operating Officer at the time of the sale, will now assume the duties of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Bordelon is the grandson of Donald G. Bollinger, who founded the shipyard in 1946.


Bollinger Shipyards, headquartered in Lockport, is a designer and builder of various vessels and has 10 shipyards and 30 dry docks in Louisiana and Texas.

No more details were immediately available.