EXHIBIT (d)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Know all by these present, that the undersigned, Jeanne M.
Hines McDaniel, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Frank J. Cangelosi, Jr.
and Martin K. Bech, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.                execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                  undersigned's capacity as a direct or indirect beneficial
                  owner of more than 10 per centum of any class of any equity
                  security of UNIFAB International, Inc. (the "Company") which
                  is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), Schedules or other
                  required forms in accordance with Sections 13 and 14 (the
                  "Filings") of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

2.                do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                  undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
                  and execute any such Filings, complete and execute any
                  amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Filings
                  with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
                  any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.                take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
                  with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
                  attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
                  of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
                  understood that the documents executed by such
                  attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
                  Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
                  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
                  such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

                  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and conforming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 and 14 of the Exchange
Act.

                  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to make any such Filings with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of September, 2004.

                                                /s/ Jeanne M. Hines McDaniel
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                                                Jeanne M. Hines McDaniel

                                                Jeanne M. Hines McDaniel
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                                 Exhibit (d)-1