Keel-laying ceremony held

MOBILE, Ala. -- BAE Systems Southeast Shipyard Alabama LLC held a keel-laying ceremony this week for the second of two dump scows being built for Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Construction of the 295-foot-long, 62-foot-wide Hull 108 started in October, as did construction of the first dump scow, Hull 107. Both vessels will be delivered by August. The vessels are used to transport and dump sediments acquired while dredging waterways. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 03/06/13)