
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Launches Second 'Coastline Initiative'
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has kicked off its second annual Coastline Initiative, a creative competition inviting local students to design innovative artificial reefs aimed at restoring coastal ecosystems. This initiative, in collaboration with the Bay County Artificial Reef Association (BCARA) and the University of Florida IFAS Extension, emphasizes environmental preservation while enhancing students’ welding and engineering skills.“Our Coastline Initiative is more than just a competition—it’s an opportunity for students to apply their engineering and welding skills to a
Eastern Shipbuilding Launches FORAN Designed Vessel
Based in Panama City, Florida, Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) launches the HARVEY SUB-SEA in November the 6th, the first vessel successfully detailed designed in the shipyard with the FORAN CAD/CAM System, developed by the engineering and technology group SENER. The Multi-Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV), the first of a series of two, has a length of 103.7 m, beam of 22.3 m and depth of 8.92 m. It is regulated by ABS/USCG/SOLAS DP2 DE Z-Drive MPSV and will operate in the US Gulf of Mexico for HARVEY Gulf International Marine. SENER and ESG signed an agreement for the complete implementatio
Eastern Shipbuilding Start Construction of Dredge Barge ATB for Great Lakes
Eastern Shipbuilding is pleased to announce that on, Monday, September 15, 2014, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC and Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) cut steel starting the construction of a new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge ATB . The cutting ceremony of the 433’ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge Barge took place in Eastern’s under roof pre-fabrication building at its Allanton facility in Panama City, Florida. This indoor facility supports both of Eastern’s new construction facilities with state of the art equipment and a highly skilled workforce. •