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Fraser Industries makes plans to expand shipyard
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Superior Telegram
SUPERIOR — Fraser Industries is making plans to expand the shipyard in Superior next year with the help of HD Hyundai, a shipbuilder in the Republic of Korea.
CEO Patrick Kelly signed a memorandum of understanding with the HD Hyundai to modernize the 135-year-old facility on Howard’s Pocket.
ADVERTISEMENT“What we signed with HD Hyundai with their shipyard subsidiary is an agreement that they want to share with us … their best technologies in shipyard construction,” Kelly said.
The Edward L. Ryerson, a Great Lakes freighter, is docked at Fraser Shipyards Aug. 6.
A worker stands at the bottom of a crane at Fraser Shipyards Aug. 6.