Metal Shark was awarded a share of a $290 million contract to build as many as 73 patrol boats for the Navy. The Jeanerette-based shipbuilder has already built 42 40-foot patrol boats for the Navy and ...

Guyana recently took delivery of Metal Shark 115 Defiant patrol boat. (Metal Shark) Metal Shark is augmenting its footprint in the Caribbean with a recent boat-building contract with Jamaica, and a ...

JEANERETTE, La. (AP) — Metal Shark Boats says it’s expanding its Jeanerette shipyard again. Company President Chris Allard and Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday the expansion will create 88 new jobs with ...

Metal Shark has announced the delivery of a new 40’ x 12’ welded aluminum monohull pilothouse fireboat to Tampa Fire Rescue. Designed in-house by Metal Shark and built at the company’s Jeanerette, ...

The Coast Guard (including its heritage services) have employed boats since the beginning. Boats are just as important, if not more so, than ever.America’s first “boat force” came about in 1878, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States sent Metal Shark high-speed boats to Ukraine for its Maritime Guard, the State Border Guard Service reported on ...

Metal Shark Boats, which has operations in Jeanerette and Franklin, is expanding its south Louisiana presence by opening a manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish near Tabasco’s headquarters in Avery ...

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department has teamed up with Metal Shark Boats to build two new fireboats. The new fireboats will be added to their fleet in 2024. The twin Defiant NXT Monohull ...

Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark has announced the debut of “Prowler,” a versatile military craft combining multiple unique technologies to meet the current and near future warfighting ...

Metal Shark, a Jeanerette-based shipbuilder, has acquired the assets of an Alabama-based shipyard. A federal bankruptcy judge approved a move last week to allow Metal Shark to acquire Horizon ...