New vessel construction will return to the Portland Shipyard for the first time in years under a contract announced Tuesday.
New venture U.S. Barge expects to deliver its first ocean-going barge to Young Brothers Ltd. in Hawaii in September 2007. U.S. Barge is co-owned by Vigor Industrial and Oregon Iron Works Inc.
Barges are constructed by other Portland manufacturers. The shipyard primarily repairs U.S. military and Alaska ferry vessels.