Vigor Industrial

Vigor Industrial (Vigor) is an American shipbuilding, shiprepair, and industrial service provider in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Based in Portland, Oregon, the company consists of several subsidiary companies for a combined total of seven facilities with ten drydocks, more than 17,000 feet of pier space, and over 2,000 employees.^[3]

Vigor Industrial LLC

Company type	LLC
Industry	Shipbuilding and Shiprepair
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon
Number of locations	7
Area served	North America
Revenue	$400 million to $500 million (2013)[1]
Owner	Frank Foti
Number of employees	1,800[2] (2013)
Subsidiaries	Vigor Fab Vigor Alaska Vigor Marine Washington Marine Repair Vigor Shipyards Vigor Machine Oregon Iron Works Specialty Finishes Vigor Ballard
Website	vigor.net

History

In the Northwest the company history goes back nearly 100 years, with Todd Pacific in Washington and Kaiser Shipyard in Oregon. In 1916 the Harbor Island facility in Seattle began operations as Todd Pacific Shipyards. In 1942 the Swan Island facility in Portland began operations as Kaiser Shipyards. In 1995, Vigor Industrial owner, Frank Foti bought Cascade General on the verge of bankruptcy from its previous owners, operating on leased space from the Port of Portland shipyard. With funding from the then-publicly traded Cammell Laird PLC in the UK, Transamerica Capital and Heller Capital, the Swan Island facility was purchased from the port in 2000 and the name Vigor Industrial was established. In 2002, Vigor Industrial expanded operations to Port Angeles, WA with its subsidiary Washington Marine Repair. In 2010, purchased Marine Industries Northwest (MINI) in Tacoma, WA. In 2011 they purchased Todd Pacific's operations in Seattle, Bremerton, and Everett. In 2012 they acquired Alaska Ship & Drydock in Ketchikan, Alaska.^[4][5][6]

In May 2014, the company announced that it was merging with Oregon Iron Works, another manufacturer based in the Portland area.^[2][1][7] Although both companies referred to it as a "merger", the deal made Oregon Iron Works a division of Vigor,^[2] a wholly owned subsidiary.^[7]

In March 2015, Vigor Industrial acquired Seattle-based aluminum workboat manufacturer Kvichak Marine Industries.^[8]

Vigor announced in late 2017 that it had won a $1 billion contract to produce U.S. Army landing craft, the largest contract in its history. The company selected Vancouver, Washington as the production site for the vessels.^[9]

In July 2019, The Carlyle Group and Stellex Capital Management agreed to acquire and merge Vigor Industrial with MHI Holdings LLC.^[10]

Vigor Industrial companies

Vigor Industrial has several subsidiary companies which each focus on different specialties:

• Vigor Fab is Vigor's Pacific Northwest new-build subsidiary serving the needs of maritime customers from its facilities in Portland, OR, and Seattle and Everett, WA.^[11]
• Vigor Alaska or provides new-build, heavy fabrication, ship repair, and maintenance services in Ketchikan, Alaska.^[11]
• Vigor Marine specializes in commercial ship repair in Portland, OR, and Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, WA with the ability to mobilize teams to anywhere they are needed, including Hawaii.^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Washington Marine Repair provides resources for topside repair in Port Angeles, Washington.
• Vigor Shipyards handles maintenance for the Navy and Coast Guard in Seattle, Everett, and Bremerton, WA.
• Vigor Machine offers turbine and machining services from its facility in Portland, OR as well as on-site at customers' locations.
• Specialty Finishes and its Specialty Marine Decking unit provide industrial coating and marine decking services.
• Oregon Iron Works (acquired in 2014)
• Vigor Ballard is a Seattle, WA-based shipyard which provides new-build small vessel for government agencies or forces, its predecessor is Kvichak Marine.

Facilities

Vigor Industrial has five Washington locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bremerton and Port Angeles. They also have locations in Portland, Oregon and Ketchikan, Alaska. The seven facilities have a combined total of 10 drydocks and more than 17,000 feet in pier space and detailed in the table below.^[16]

Location	Established	Acres	Drydocks	Piers	Cranes
Seattle, Washington	1916	27.0	2 with up to 18,000 LT lift capacity	6 with 3,000 ft	12 whirley up to 150t
Portland, Oregon	1942	60.0	3 with up to 80,000 LT lift capacity	15 with 10,000+ ft	17 Whirley up to 134t, 1 Gantry up to 600t
Everett, Washington	1947	3.6		2 with 1,200 ft	7 up to 45t
Tacoma, Washington	1976	5.0	2 with up to 2,800 LT lift capacity	2 with 600 ft	4 up to 55t
Ketchikan, Alaska	1987	16.5	2 with up to 10,000 LT lift capacity	1 with 1,000 ft	3 up to 150t
Bremerton, Washington	1986	Operates out of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyards
Port Angeles, Washington	1998			2 with 1,400 ft	5 up to 200t

Recent builds

Year Completed	Vessel Type	Vessel Name	Yard	Weight, t
In production	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	Chimacum	Seattle
In production	Tugboat	Crown Point	Portland
In production	Tugboat	Granite Point	Portland
In production	Tugboat	Hull 21	Portland
In production	ATB Tank Barge	Hull 22	Portland
In production	ATB Tank Barge	Hull 23	Portland
In production	Split Hull Hopper Barge	Freedom	Portland	1,325
2016	Unmanned anti-submarine drone ship	ACTUV	Oregon Iron Works[17]	140
2015-2021	Patrol Boat	Combatant Craft Medium	Oregon Iron Works[18]	30
2015	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Samish	Seattle	3,920
2014	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Tokitae	Seattle	3,920
2014	Factory Longliner	Arctic Prowler	Ketchikan
2013	Concrete Wear Deck Barge	Iliuliuk Bay	Portland	1,650
2013	Moorage Barge		Portland
2012	Covered Paper Barge	Hull 73	Portland	527
2011	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Kennewick	Portland	2,296
2011	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Salish	Portland	2,296
2011	Fuel Barge	Betsy Arntz	Portland	1,306
2011	Fuel Barge	Cauneq	Portland	225
2011	Ferry	Ken Eichner 2	Ketchikan
2010	Vehicle Passenger Ferry	MV Chetzemoka	Seattle	2,296
2010	Fuel Barge	Anne Elizabeth	Portland	1,306
2010	SLICE Ferry	Susitna	Ketchikan
2010	Fuel Barge	Sixty-Five Roses	Portland	3,317
2009	Fuel Barge	Nathan Schmidt	Portland	1,306
2009	Fuel Barge	Lily Blair	Portland	1,306
2009	Fuel Barge	Bernie Briere	Portland	1,306
2009	Deck Barge	Ha'aheo	Portland	2,541
2009	Tank Barge	Coal Harbor No. 5	Ketchikan
2008	Fuel Barge	David Fanning	Portland	2,541
2008	Crane Barge	Left Coast Lifter	Portland	3,337
2008	Deck Barge	Kala 'enalu	Portland	2,541
2008	Deck Barge	Maka'ala	Portland	2,541
2008	Excavator Barge	OLM-0033	Seattle
2007	Deck Barge	Hou'omaka Hou	Portland	2,541
2003	Bridge Tower Cutting Foundation	Caisson 11	Seattle
2002	Ferry	Oral Freeman	Ketchikan
1999	Power Barge	Margarita II	Seattle
1998	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Wenatchee	Seattle
1998	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Puyallup	Seattle
1997	Vehicle & Passenger Ferry	MV Tacoma	Seattle

^[19][20][21]

References

1. Martinez, Amy (May 21, 2014). "Shipbuilders Vigor and Oregon Iron Works agree to merge". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
2. Francis, Mike (May 21, 2014). "Vigor Marine brings Oregon Iron Works under its roof in merger". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
3. Vigor Industrial. We are VIGOR Seattle: Vigor Industrial, 2012. Print.
4. "Cascade General Inc Company history", Funding Universe, May 2012
5. "Our History" Archived May 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Vigor Industrial, May 2012
6. T. Alan Sprott, "Vigor Industrial LLC, Portland Shipyard" Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, nsrp, May 2012
7. Giegerich, Andy (May 21, 2014). "Vigor Industrial and Oregon Iron Works to merge". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
8. Coral Garnick (March 3, 2015). "Vigor Industrial expands shipyard work with Kvichak deal". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
9. Allan Brettman (February 1, 2019). "Shipbuilder Vigor picks Vancouver for Army landing craft manufacturing". The Columbian. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
10. Iris Dorbian (July 25, 2019). "Carlyle and Stellex to buy and merge Vigor Industrial and MHI Holdings". PE Hub Network. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
11. Stevens, Suzanne (October 8, 2013). "For Vigor Industrial, it's all in the name". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
12. "OSHA cites shipbuilder for 16 workplace hazards". The Columbian. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
13. "U.S. Department of Labor Cites Oregon Shipbuilder For Serious and Willful Safety Violations | Occupational Safety and Health Administration". www.osha.gov (Press release). 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
14. "Shipbuilder's Swan Island operation cited for 16 workplace hazards". oregonlive. The Associated Press. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
15. "Former shipbuilding project manager sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for $1.5 million false invoice scheme". United States Department of Justice (Press release). 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
16. Vigor Industrial. Overview of Vigor Industrial Facilities^{[permanent dead link]}, Seattle: Vigor Industrial, 2012. Print.
17. Construction begins on DARPA's autonomous unmanned anti-submarine vessel - Gizmag.com, 16 July 2014
18. "Combatant Craft Medium Mk1 (CCM)". Vigor Industries. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
19. "Vigor Industrial, Portland OR" Archived May 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Shipbuilding History, May 2012
20. "Vigor Industrial, Seattle WA" Archived May 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Shipbuilding History, May 2012
21. "Vigor Industrial, Ketchikan AK" Archived May 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Shipbuilding History, May 2012

External links

• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075104/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/active/usbarge.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120510101804/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/toddseattle.htm