Shipyard named a 2025 LWCC Safest 70 Award winner
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”), a leading designer and builder of high-performance military and commercial vessels, today announced it has been named a recipient of the 2025 LWCC Safest 70 award. The award, administered by the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation, recognizes companies that exceed industry-standard safety expectations and maintain safe, healthy working environments.
“Our 3,700 employees across every Bollinger facility share an unrelenting commitment to the highest standards in quality and safety. That commitment is the Bollinger Standard, and it’s what drives everything we do, from the deck plates to the design offices,” said Ben Bordelon, President and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards. “This award is a testament to the skilled men and women who uphold that standard every single day and proof that world-class shipbuilding and rigorous safety go hand in hand.”
For more than 80 years, families throughout Louisiana have depended on Bollinger for their livelihoods, and this honor underscores the company’s commitment to each of them. As Bollinger expands its workforce and increases its shipbuilding capabilities, we remain dedicated to making sure every employee returns home safely.
The recognition from LWCC adds to Bollinger’s workplace safety record over decades of Gulf Coast shipbuilding. The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has presented Bollinger the Excellence in Safety Award for 20 consecutive years, having consistently recorded incident rates below the national industry average. Additionally, Bollinger’s eight-week Shipfitter and Welder apprenticeship bootcamps, launched in 2024, embedding safety training into workforce development from day one.
Established in 2008, the Safest 70 Award requires companies to maintain good standing with LWCC for five consecutive years and demonstrate a proactive commitment to improving workplace safety.
ABOUT LWCC
LWCC is a Champion of Louisiana and proud to be headquartered in the state capital, Baton Rouge. As a model private mutual workers’ comp company, we are dedicated to excellence in execution from underwriting to compassionate care of injured workers. We are proud to partner with our agents and together deliver outstanding service to our policyholders and their workers. Louisiana Loyal, a movement we launched and continue to lead to celebrate and elevate Louisiana, drives us in pursuit of our purpose to help Louisiana thrive by bettering our state one business and one worker at a time. LWCC has been consistently recognized by industry leaders and named to the Ward’s 50® group of top-performing insurance companies, supporting our promise to provide safety, security, and stability to businesses in Louisiana. For more information on LWCC, its services, and its efforts to elevate Louisiana, please visit www.lwcc.com.
ABOUT BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS
Bollinger Shipyards (www.bollingershipyards.com) has an 80-year legacy as a leading designer of high-performance military, commercial vessels, and other steel and aluminum products from its new construction shipyards as part of the U. S. industrial base. Bollinger has 13 facilities, all strategically located throughout Louisiana and Mississippi with direct access to the Gulf of America, the Mississippi River and the Intracoastal Waterway. Bollinger is the largest vessel repair company in the Gulf of America region.