State-of-the-Art Tools
Equipment & Lifting Capabilities
Our comprehensive equipment inventory — from overhead cranes and KAMAG transporters to automated welding lines and CNC cutting — makes C&C Marine the most efficiently equipped small shipyard in the United States.
Facility Overview
Purpose-Built for Efficiency
C&C Marine's fabrication yard sits on over 80 acres in Belle Chasse, Louisiana with 3,200 linear feet of continuous waterfrontage along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Ten enclosed production bays totaling over 500,000 square feet allow vessel fabrication up to 120 feet wide by 320 feet long — almost entirely within covered shop areas, shielded from inclement weather.
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Enclosed Fabrication
10 production bays
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Total Acreage
Belle Chasse, LA
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Waterfrontage
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Crane Systems
30+ Cranes Across the Facility
Overhead Gantry Cranes
22 Cranes · 10–50 Ton
Twenty-two overhead gantry cranes are installed across all fabrication bays, providing continuous lifting capability without the delays of scheduling mobile cranes. When compared to crawler cranes, overhead gantry cranes offer easier operation, safer lifts with fixed travel paths, and quicker cycle times — and they are always available with no mobilization needed.
Easier operation than crawler cranes
Safer lifts with fixed travel paths
Quicker cycle times
Always available — no mobilization needed
Manitowoc 999
Quantity: 3
Manitowoc 14000
Quantity: 1
Manitowoc 11000
Quantity: 4
Panel Line
300-Foot Automated Panel Line
300 ft Overall Length · Panels up to 40 ft Long · Automated Welding
C&C Marine's panel line creates structural panels via a conveyor system, fitting crews, overhead cranes, and a series of automatic welders. The 300-foot line can process panels up to 40 feet long, dramatically increasing production throughput.
Seam Welder
PEMA Robotic Stiffener Welder
Dart Welder
Cutting Equipment
Precision Cutting Systems
CNC-controlled cutting equipment processes steel directly from engineering CAD files, delivering precision parts that reduce fit-up time and improve construction quality.
CNC Plasma Cutting Tables
C&C Marine simultaneously operates two 100-foot long CNC plasma cutting tables that accommodate up to 10-foot wide plates. These tables cut both low-alloy and high-alloy steel plates, perform beveled cuts to facilitate plate edge preparation, and mark all parts with individual part numbers prior to assembly — all directly from engineering CAD files.
- Two 100-ft long tables operating simultaneously
- Accommodates up to 10-ft wide plates
- Low-alloy and high-alloy steel cutting
- Beveled cuts for edge preparation
- Individual part marking for assembly
- Direct CAD/CAM integration with nesting software
Computerized Band Saw
HEM computerized band saw capable of cutting large numbers of structural steel members at one time. This system eliminates the additional man-hours required to clean rough edges that result from the torch cutting process, delivering production-ready cuts every time.
- Batch cutting of structural members
- Clean cuts — no torch edge cleanup
- Automated material feed system
- Miter and angle cutting capability
- Significant labor savings vs. torch cutting
Plasma Pipe Cutting Machine
Vernon plasma pipe cutting machine that saves a considerable amount of man-hours compared to manual pipe cutting and beveling. Cuts pipe with diameters ranging from 3 inches to 24 inches, and can perform straight cuts, beveled cuts, saddle cuts, and custom programmable cutting sequences for manifolds.
- Pipe diameters from 3" to 24"
- Straight, beveled, and saddle cuts
- Custom programmable cutting sequences
- Manifold cutting capability
- Major labor savings vs. manual methods
Forming Equipment
1,500-Ton Hydraulic Bend Press
C&C Marine's hydraulically operated bend press is 45 feet wide with 1,500 tons of capacity, capable of performing bends ranging from simple flanges to complex, large-radius bends required for hull shaping and structural components.
Simple flange bending
Complex large-radius bends
Hull plate shaping
Structural component forming
Hydraulically operated for precision control
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Transporters
KAMAG Hydraulic Transporters
Purpose-built KAMAG transporter systems move heavy modules and completed vessels safely between production areas and the launch way, enabling the construction of larger and more sophisticated vessels.
C&C Marine owns and operates 8 KAMAG hydraulic transporters that move completed hull sections, modules, and entire vessels from the construction bays to the launch way. These transporters allow for the construction of larger and more sophisticated vessels by distributing loads evenly across multiple axle lines.
KAMAG Transporter Specifications
Construction Method
Modular Construction
C&C Marine builds vessel components — or units — separately across multiple fabrication bays, then assembles them into complete vessels. 3-D modeling facilitates this modular approach, allowing rapid parallel construction that dramatically reduces build schedules.
3-D Design & Planning
Vessel components are modeled in 3-D to check for conflicts and plan the modular breakdown before any steel is cut.
Material Handling
Supporting Infrastructure
Beyond our primary production equipment, a comprehensive supporting infrastructure keeps materials flowing and operations running efficiently.