For the marine ecozone of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, see Atlantic Marine Ecozone (CEC).

Atlantic Marine is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 shipbuilding and construction company. It operates two shipyards, one in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

 and the original corporate location, a smaller one in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

 where its headquarters is located. It was acquired by BAE Systems

BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...

 in May 2010 for $352 million.

As Atlantic Marine Holdings, the company took over the shipyard of the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company

Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company

The Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company located in Mobile, Alabama, was one of the largest marine production facilities in the United States of America during the 20th century. Beginning operation in 1917, the shipyard is presently owned by The Lehman Group The Alabama Drydock and...

 in 1992. In 2006, the company was itself taken over by an investment firm run by former U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman and is now known simply as Atlantic Marine.

The company offers a variety of services, including shipbuilding, ship repairs, maintenance and conversion, and also steel fabrication for industrial uses. The Alabama drydock facility can service vessels of up to 46,400 tons, including cargo and cruise ship

Cruise ship

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s, and the shipyard also offers repair and conversion facilities for "drilling rig

Drilling rig

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s and semi-submersibles that serve the offshore oil industry."

The Jacksonville drydock can service vessels of up ot 14,600 tons, and specializes in "mega-yacht repairs and refits, as well as commercial and U.S. Navy ship repairs and conversions, marine fabrication, and industrial fabrication and machining."

The company employed 600 fulltime workers in 2005.