Bender expects to have new owner

MOBILE, Ala. - Most of Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co.'s Mobile operations will have a new owner by Dec. 15. That’s according to documents obtained by the Press-Register and the shipbuilder's chief executive, Tom Bender. The shipyard has hired New Orleans-based Global Hunter Securities LLP to handle the sale of about 80 percent of its property along the Mobile riverfront. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 10/01/09)