C&G Boat Works gets grant

MOBILE, Ala. - C&G Boat Works Inc. received a $1.2 million grant from the Maritime Administration for a new 220-ton crawler crane. The grant was one of 17 given out through the administrations Assistance to Small Shipyards program. The crane can be used on every project the shipyard undertakes, the company said. C&G employs about 200 people at its Mobile River shipyard. The company is building five U.S. Navy patrol ships left in a six-ship contract, along with two tugs, a riverboat and a ferry. (Source: Mobile Press Register, 04/17/10)