Portier Shipyard ~ Shipbuilding History

Portier Shipyard

Chauvin LA

Most recent update: September 30, 2020.

Russell Portier started building and repairing fishing vessels in 1977 and recently incorporated as Portier Shipyard, Inc. The company has been less active in construction in recent years but still occasionally builds a boat. The yard is on Bayouside Drive in Chauvin. See it from the air on Google here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
	581671	Morgan 3	David Juncker	trawler	49	55	1977
3	651696	Lucky T		trawler	52	61	1982	later Ms Tram-Hanh, St. Augustine, Miss Hiddi, Capt Duong
	680753	Jeremy Le	Bryant J Drury	trawler	50	60	1985	later Miss Dawn
	688460	Capt's Tony	Tu T Huynh	trawler	50	60	1985	later Capt. Tommy, Thanh Hai II, NLD
	697292	Sea Dolphin		trawler	65	66	1986	later Tina Sue, Master Stephen II, Royal Phoenix, Lady Mocha I
	905629	Brett Anthony	Brett Anthony Inc	trawler	69	67	1986
	905679	Capt. Mike	Thanh Ngoc Nguyen	trawler	69	67	1986
	908297	Capt. Joe	Toan Minh Pham	trawler	70	68	1986	later Mrs. Tina, NLD
	909533	Blazing Sun	J.B.L.T. LLC	trawler	70	68	1986	later Two Timer, Lil Zachary, Three Pigeons
	909782	White Bird	White Bird, Inc.	trawler	76	68	1987
	909787	Sea Flower	P T Fisheries Inc	trawler	76	68	1987
	910529	Dwayne's Dream	Dwayne's Dream Inc	trawler	80	68	1987	later Sea Trawler, NLD
	910805	Moon Rise	Kevin Van	trawler	90	72	1987	later Crystal
	910809	Capt. Millions		trawler	71	68	1987	later Ulheelani, Ocean Pearl
	910988	Sunrise II		trawler	72	66	1987	later Full Moon I, Robin II, Hae Ju, Vak, Vak 3
	911298	Red October	N. Pac Fishery, Inc.	trawler	90	72	1987	later Moonlight, St. Peter
	911782	Master Ross	Kip G Parria	trawler	69	67	1987	NLD
	914566	Alice I	K H Fishing Co	trawler	110	69	1987	later Pacific, Seven Stars, lost 2005
	914709	Dae in Ho	K Y L Inc	trawler	71	69	1987
	920389	Lil Robbie	Russell A Portier	trawler	23	46	1987	later Makayla Lynn
	923316	Sea World	Luong Van Do	trawler	91	73	1987
	936041	Blue Sea	Mary Enterprises Inc	trawler	74	72	1988	later Cecilia II
	944388	Capt. Millions I	Kinh Van Ho	trawler	132	78	1989
	957733	Huemules		recreational	65	66	1989	NLD
	962709	Capt Millions III	Capt Millions III Inc	trawler	120	83	1990
	964372	Capt Billions I	Capt Billions I Inc	trawler	120	83	1990	later John Kennedy, Venturer, Miss Kim
	964929	Capt Millions IV	H & M Fishery	trawler	120	83	1990	later Sapphire III
		Miss Katrina		trawler	110		1990
	969266	Capt. Diamond	Capt Diamond Inc	trawler	120	84	1990	later Captain Diamond, Jessica D, Hawaii Ocean
	969350	Sea Diamond I		trawler	135	85	1990	later Blue Dragon
	970935	Peter I	John Sau Van Nguyen	trawler	119	82	1990	later Pacific Star
	972469	John Paul	West Pacific Seafood (a)	trawler	117	83	1991	later Sea Diamond III, Ocean Diamond, Holly G
	974477	Miss Paige	Russell A Portier	trawler	70	68	1991	later Dustin Michael, Miss Kinslee
103	985031	Sea Diamond II	Sea Diamond II Inc	trawler	124	82	1992	later Mighty Joe
		Jennifer MC II		trawler	115		1992
		Sea Phantom		trawler	105		1992	(Honduras)
	992179	Miss Paige	Russell A Portier	trawler	103	78	1993	(Mexico)
108	1042777	Ross Eymard	offshore Marine Cont.	tugboat	117	70	1995	later Raimy Eymard, Russell A. Gisclair, Mr Russell
118	1038340	Blue Angel	Hong T To	trawler	145	81	1995
120	1044343	Michael D		trawler	175	91	1996
		Miss Courtney		trawler	115		1997
	1060096	Capt. Gena	Richard J McCourt	trawler	106	75	1997	later Radar Love
		Faivaimoana I	Faivaimoana Fishing	trawler	163		1997	later Jacqui M, cargo Lady Moana (Cook Is)
131	1068250	Katie P. Cheramie	Bateau Louisiane	towboat	79	77	1998	later Miss Katie
	1079074	Sidney	Sidney Fisheries	trawler	140	81	1999	(Mexico)
	1081251	Russel Portier	Carib-USA Ship Lines	supply boat	498	162	1999	later United Spirit (Bahamas)
140	1091780	St. Antoine	Tikede Inc	trawler	137	78	2000	later Miss Opal
	1106471	Tiffani Claire	Tiffani Claire Inc	trawler	73	68	2000
143	1108913	BJB	BJB LLC	trawler	83	68	2001	later Capt Winnie
144	1111220	Miss Paige	Ngoc Tran	trawler	73	68	2001	later Jenny Tran
145	1111205	New Millennium	Minh Ngoc Vo	trawler	94	72	2001
146		Lady Emerald	G M Patton	supply boat	464	150	2003	(Bahamas)
148	1120207	Miss Lillie	Nho Tran	trawler	78	68	2001	later Miss Maegan
150	1123860	Edisto Queen	William T Davis Sr.	trawler	95	73	2002	later Necia Ann
152	1138293	The World	Alford Services Inc	recreational	114	70	2003	later Hot Work
		Lady Kathreina	La Sirena Group	Ro-Ro freighter	276		2005	(Bahamas)
156	1167667	Lady Rosalind II	Pirate's Well Investments	Ro-Ro freighter	498	162	2006	(Bahamas)
157		Vi-Nais	Coast Shipline	Ro-Ro freighter	487	180	2007	(Panama)
159	1205468	Tag	SE No. 2 Inc.	towboat	98	72	27 Sep 2007
160	1208724	Capt Alex	Capt Alex, LLC	towboat	98	72	4 Mar 2008	later Miss Tara, St James
161	1209830	Portier I	Portier Shipyard	towboat	96	69	12 Mar 2008
163	1218475	Sweet Caroline	Wild Waters LLC	recreational	72	50	2009
164	1231912	Capt Russell		trawler	30	50	2011	later Pawpaw's Dream