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Bollinger Pays $9 Million Fine To Settle Dispute Over Coast Guard Vessel Conversions

Bollinger Pays $9 Million Fine To Settle Dispute Over Coast Guard Vessel Conversions
The Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda conducting migrant interdiction in an undated photo. The Matagorda was the first Island class cutter to be lengthened to 123-feet. The boat has since been scrapped. Photo: Coast Guard

The Justice Department on Wednesday said that Bollinger Shipyards agreed to pay an $8.5 million fine to settle claims that the shipbuilder “misrepresented” the quality of its work for a Coast Guard patrol boat conversion program that the service ultimately terminated.Bollinger in 2002 received a potential $78 million subcontract to begin a portion of the Coast Guard’s fleet of 54 110-foot Island class patrol vessels to 123 feet to extend their lives, but in 2005 the service stopped the work…

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