Governor Je Landry, center, with a welding shield, performed a ceremonial weld commemorating the start of the construction of 4 tugs being built at C & C Marine in Belle Chasse as o cials from the state, C & C, Woodside Energy, and Green Tug Towing look on. The tugs will be operated by Green Tug Towing and used to maneuver LNG Ships at Woodside's Calcasieu Pass LNG facility under construction near Lake Charles.
C & C Marine and Repair owner Tony Cibilich addressed an audience of nearly 100 at the keel laying ceremony marking the beginning of construction of 4 new tugs to be used in the LNG industry in Calcasieu.
On Friday, April 17, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry traveled down to Plaquemines Parish to visit the site of C & C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse to celebrate the announcement of a massive investment into building tugboats to move Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This investment, totaling around $300 million, comes from an Australian- based energy company known as Woodside Energy, and it wil...