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Calling all boat builders! Metal Shark is hiring all trades in Franklin and Jeanerette, Louisiana. Immediate openings for welders, pipe fitters, electricians, installers, mechanics, marine carpenters, and more. See the full list of available positions at https://lnkd.in/dDm8MQm or call 337.364.0777 today!

Metal Shark has delivered the first of two new welded-aluminum 50 Defiant NXT fireboats to Anne Arundel County Fire Department in Annapolis, Maryland (vessel shown here in Destin, Florida during transit from Metal Shark to the customer). Designed in-house and built in Franklin, Louisiana, the new fireboats will greatly improve the Department’s capability, with faster speeds enabling shorter response times, greater pumping volume increasing firefighting effectiveness, and a next-generation design improving efficiency while affording greater safety to firefighters. With the acquisition of these state-of-the-art firefighting machines, Anne Arundel County Fire Department joins a rapidly growing list of Metal Shark fire-rescue clients across the country. In less than three years Metal Shark will have delivered new fireboats to City of Virginia Beach Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department, East Chilton Fire Rescue, East Lincoln County Fire Department, Everett Fire Department, Forsyth County Fire Department, Marco Island Fire Rescue, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, Tampa Fire Department, Massport Fire, Orange County Sheriff/Fire Department, Prince George’s County Fire Department, Stafford County Fire, St. John County Fire, and numerous others. Full story: https://lnkd.in/eTSKsSqe

Storm prep underway! Here’s the removable flood wall going up at our Franklin shipyard in preparation for Hurricane Francine. Built in 2021-2022 under the direction of St. Mary Levee District, the new levee features a removable flood wall that can be installed along our shipyard waterfront in a day, affording greatly improved storm surge protection, keeping our employees at work and our deliveries on track following hurricanes and tropical storms. Huge thanks to everyone involved in making this project a reality including Franklin Mayor Eugene Foulcard, Iberia Parish President M. Larry Richard, Iberia Industrial Development Foundation (IDF) CEO Mike Tarrantino, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator John Kennedy, Congressman Clay Higgins, Congressman Garret Graves, District 48 State Representative Beau Beaullieu, MBA, AIF, C(k)P , and District 22 State Representative Blake Miguez .

Metal Shark 36 Fearless “Ricochet,” tender to the yacht VivieRae, shown here during a recent voyage to Truk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia. Designed as a tow-behind and built to withstand the rigors of ocean crossings, the 36 Fearless Yacht Tender is rugged, tough, and built to perform. With its high performance, Michael Peters-designed SVVT stepped hull and triple Mercury 300 HP Verado outboards, she’s capable, nimble, and quick. Special features on this welded-aluminum workhorse include a Humphree active ride control system, a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer, a rooftop solar panel array, full tackle station, and Frigid Rigid 300-quart coffin box and 95-quart icebox. Four Llebroc SV bucket seats atop SHOXS S8 shock-mitigating seat pedestals insulate occupants from jarring impacts. A full-height tempered glass windshield and oversized aluminum hard top with roll-down curtain package provide protection from the elements. A urethane-sheathed, high-density closed-cell foam WING collar provides maximum impact protection, and oversized port and starboard dive doors allow easy access from either side of the vessel.

First responders from coast to coast are moving up to Metal Shark. Our modern, purpose-built, crew-friendly designs offer unmatched performance, safety, and reliability for those who serve and protect. Here’s Orange Beach PD’s Metal Shark 38 Defiant “Marine 1” on patrol near the Alabama-Florida border.

Today, the first of two Metal Shark 50 Defiant fireboats built for Anne Arundel County Fire Department departed our Franklin, LA yard en route to Maryland. Activity in Franklin is brisk with multiple fireboats, CTVs, and military patrol vessels under construction.

Metal Shark recently hosted representatives of Galapagos National Park Service (GNP) to its Louisiana, USA production facilities to inspect and sea trial the newest addition to the GNP’s fleet of Metal Shark patrol boats. Situated in the Pacific about 500 miles west of Ecuador, the park's 18 main islands and surrounding waters are home to sea lions, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, the Galapagos penguin, waved albatross, and the giant Galapagos tortoise. The GNP’s Metal Shark patrol boats are used by park rangers to preserve and protect the park’s unique natural resources and the boats operate year round across the park’s 3,000 mile range. Metal Shark is proud to support the important conservation efforts of Galapagos National Park!

Every week, Metal Shark delivers purpose-built patrol craft to first responders from coast to coast. Here’s a 28 Relentless center console recently built for Holmes Beach Police Department on Anna Maria Island in West Central Florida. Other Metal Shark first responders within the same area of operation include West Manatee Fire Rescue, St. Pete Beach Fire Rescue, Tampa Fire Department, Florida Fish & Wildlife, and the US Coast Guard.