Associated Press - October 8, 2009 5:34 AM ET

JEANERETTE, La. (AP) - An Iberia Parish boat builder has won a $3.9 million Coast Guard contract to build 60 punt boats and navigation equipment.

Metal Shark Aluminum Boats won the contract. The company says the new work would add 10 jobs.

Metal Shark supplies patrol boats to the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.

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