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Coast Guard Awards Birdon America $1 Billion For Inland Cutters

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Coast Guard Awards Birdon America $1 Billion For Inland Cutters
Coast Guard renderings of waterway commerce cutters.

The Coast Guard on Wednesday evening said it awarded Birdon America, Inc., a potential $1.2 billion contract for its new waterways commerce cutter (WCC), which will consist of two boat types, river buoy tenders and inland construction tenders. The initial award is worth $28.5 million for detail design of the WCCs. River buoy tenders service aids-to-navigation (ATON) on western rivers in the U.S., setting, relocating and recovering buoys to mark navigable channels. Inland construction tenders built, repair and maintain fixed…

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