Article: From Bayou La Batre to Umm Qasr.(Update)

Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, Alabama has been awarded a contract by the Coalition Provisioning Authority (CPA), Baghdad, Iraq to construct a 70 ft pilot boat for the port of Umm Qasr. According to Horizon's President, Travis R. Short, Horizon one of several companies, foreign and domestic, vying for the contract. Detailed design and construction will commence immediately.

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