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The owner of Seward Ship’s Drydock has signed a letter of intent to sell the assets of the Seward, Alaska, shipyard company to Vigor Industrial.

Vigor Fab was recently awarded a contract by Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver, Wash, to construct three new tugboats.

Frank Foti, President and CEO of Vigor Industrial, will deliver the Boatyard Day Keynote Address on the "Resurgence of the Pacific Northwest Maritime Industry" at 3 p.m. on Thursday, November 21 during the 2013 Pacific Marine Expo.

Vigor Fab has delivered Harley Marine Services’ newest vessel, the 250’x70’x15’8” Iliuliuk Bay deck barge.

State agencies and educators in Southeast Alaska are joining forces with private industry to give kids a look at family-wage careers in the shipyard.

Vigor Industrial announced today that it has renamed two of the company’s subsidiaries.

Alaska Longline, LLC, and Vigor Alaska will christen the F/V Arctic Prowler on Oct. 5, 2013.

Vigor Industrial and South Seattle Community College have partnered to launch an industrial training center at the shipyard on Harbor Island.

The Vigor Seattle Maritime Festival begins Tuesday and runs through Saturday with fun, food and maritime facts for the whole family on the Seattle Waterfront.

Last month US Fab, a Vigor Industrial company, delivered its latest purpose built vessel to Washington’s King County: a unique maintenance and moorage barge designed to serve the day-to-day needs of the county’s passenger-only ferry fleet.