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Gulf Copper serves the oil and gas, marine transportation, refining, petrochemical industry
Founded in 1948, Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation, an employee-owned company, repairs and refurbishes marine vessels and offshore rigs and fabricates ancillary components. The company operates strategically located shipyards, drydocks and fabrication facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Latest News
Pink Petro Article Featuring CFO Patricia Guillory
Patricia Guillory, CFO for Gulf Copper, featured in an article published on Pink Petro on overcoming challenges through persistence and faith. Read Full Article Here
International Workboat Show 2018 New Orleans
International Workboat Show 2018 New Orleans You are cordially invited to come visit us at the International Workboat Show New Orleans Wednesday Nov. 28 – Friday Nov. 30 2018 Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation Booth # 3517 Click Here for VIP Pass
Congressman Randy Weber Visits Gulf Copper for MARAD Small Shipyard Grant
Congressman Randy Weber Visits Gulf Copper for MARAD Small Shipyard Grant On Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 3:00 p.m., Texas’ 14th Congressional District Congressman Randy Weber visited Gulf Copper Manufacturing Galveston Shipyard, 2920 Todd Rd., Galveston, TX 77554. Gulf Copper was recently awarded the MARAD Small Shipyard Grant. The MARAD Small Shipyard Grant will help […]
Gulf Copper Joins The IADC Golf Tournament Monday September 10, 2018
Gulf Copper will competing as a foursome in the 30th Annual IADC Houston Chapter Golf Tournament. We look forward to seeing some familiar faces at The Wildcat Golf Club in September!
Gulf Copper Will Be Attending OTC 2018 Monday April 30- May 3, 2018
Gulf Copper will be attending OTC this year. Our company is honored to have been a part of this conference for many years. As Gulf Copper is now celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2018, we are just as excited to see OTC celebrating 50 years! We look forward to celebrating many more productive years and […]
Gulf Copper Celebrates 75 Years 2018
Gulf Copper was founded in 1948 and developed into a successful pipe fabrication company with a reputation for premium quality work installing copper piping on marine vessels. In 1979, the company was acquired by the Gulf Copper Group, and expanded services into full topside ship repair with the addition of a machining division. Over the […]
Building ‘CALM buoys’ brings jobs to Port Arthur
Thanks to the manpower provided by Gulf Copper & Manufacturing, 7200 Hwy 87 East, 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 Keeps “Calm”
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 […]
Gulf Copper Ship Repair (GCSR) Milestone Safety Achievement
Gulf Copper Ship Repair (GCSR) employees in Corpus Christi, Texas recently surpassed 1,000 days worked without a lost time incident.
Oil Crisis? Keep CALM (Buoy) and Carry On!
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 […]
Pink Petro Article Featuring CFO Patricia Guillory
Patricia Guillory, CFO for Gulf Copper, featured in an article published on Pink Petro on overcoming challenges through persistence and faith. Read Full Article Here
International Workboat Show 2018 New Orleans
International Workboat Show 2018 New Orleans You are cordially invited to come visit us at the International Workboat Show New Orleans Wednesday Nov. 28 – Friday Nov. 30 2018 Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation Booth # 3517 Click Here for VIP Pass
Congressman Randy Weber Visits Gulf Copper for MARAD Small Shipyard Grant
Congressman Randy Weber Visits Gulf Copper for MARAD Small Shipyard Grant On Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 3:00 p.m., Texas’ 14th Congressional District Congressman Randy Weber visited Gulf Copper Manufacturing Galveston Shipyard, 2920 Todd Rd., Galveston, TX 77554. Gulf Copper was recently awarded the MARAD Small Shipyard Grant. The MARAD Small Shipyard Grant will help […]
Gulf Copper Joins The IADC Golf Tournament Monday September 10, 2018
Gulf Copper will competing as a foursome in the 30th Annual IADC Houston Chapter Golf Tournament. We look forward to seeing some familiar faces at The Wildcat Golf Club in September!
Gulf Copper Will Be Attending OTC 2018 Monday April 30- May 3, 2018
Gulf Copper will be attending OTC this year. Our company is honored to have been a part of this conference for many years. As Gulf Copper is now celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2018, we are just as excited to see OTC celebrating 50 years! We look forward to celebrating many more productive years and […]
Gulf Copper Celebrates 75 Years 2018
Gulf Copper was founded in 1948 and developed into a successful pipe fabrication company with a reputation for premium quality work installing copper piping on marine vessels. In 1979, the company was acquired by the Gulf Copper Group, and expanded services into full topside ship repair with the addition of a machining division. Over the […]
Building ‘CALM buoys’ brings jobs to Port Arthur
Thanks to the manpower provided by Gulf Copper & Manufacturing, 7200 Hwy 87 East, 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 Keeps “Calm”
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 […]
Gulf Copper Ship Repair (GCSR) Milestone Safety Achievement
Gulf Copper Ship Repair (GCSR) employees in Corpus Christi, Texas recently surpassed 1,000 days worked without a lost time incident.
Oil Crisis? Keep CALM (Buoy) and Carry On!
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 […]
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