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Thanks to the manpower provided by Gulf Copper & Manufacturing, three large freshly finished Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) buoys are now fully operational and ready for delivery to Houston-based mooring company SOFEC Inc. at the end of the month.

Gulf Copper’s Port Arthur facility earlier this year completed a unique 10-month project to build the three massive buoys for SOFEC, buoys which will be used to offload liquid product such as diesel or gasoline in places lacking deepwater ports.

In total Gulf Copper received two separate contracts to build a total of five CALM buoys (3 and 2), for SOFEC. The order is of particular interest from the yard’s view as it is a new line of business for the company.

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Gulf Copper Ship Repair (GCSR) employees in Corpus Christi, Texas recently surpassed 1,000 days worked without a lost time incident. This achievement is even more significant considering that this division carries out projects all over the world for both commercial and U S Government customers.

A GCSR team recently returned from Japan upon completion of modifications to a US Navy ship. Another team is making preparations to travel to Bahrain for a similar project. GCSR has an envied reputation for quality work with their customers, both in the Corpus Christi area and abroad. As an employee-owned company, Gulf Copper has a slightly different perspective on safety in the workplace. Watching out for their fellow employee shareholders takes on a new meaning, and the GCSR team exemplifies this watchfulness. Pictured above are just a few of the employee-owners who made this milestone a reality. Gulf Copper Ship Repair, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp.

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CALM buoys have long been utilized to safely and reliably transfer liquid petroleum products between a vessel and a shore facility without the need for a jetty extension into deeper water. These buoys have been used around the world as marine terminals in water depths ranging from shallow to ultra-deep water.

Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation recently completed a unique project to build five (5) massive CALM buoys for SOFEC Inc. which are now being used to offload liquid product such as diesel or gasoline in Latin American locations lacking deepwater ports. The project is of particular interest from Gulf Copper’s view as they represent a new line of business for the company.

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Fifteen senior managers and shipyard superintendents from Gulf Copper Manufacturing recently attended a Risk Assessment training course presented by Signal Mutual Safety professionals at Galveston , Texas. The course was developed through the efforts of Signal Mutual’s Safety Committee, made up of member representatives from the Maritime Industry. Gulf Copper’s Risk Manager, Mike Haughton, is an active member of the Signal Mutual Safety Committee.

The training course was designed to teach supervisors to assess the risks in a marine workplace, including:

1. Identification of hazards
2. Determining who might be harmed and how
3. Evaluating the risks and deciding on precautions
4. Recording significant findings
5. Reviewing assessment and updating as necessary

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