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Fairbanks Morse to provide main propulsion engines for fourth OPC

Beloit, Wis., headquartered Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management,reports that its Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME) division has been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, (center) served as the ship's sponsor

Eastern lays keel for second OPC

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG), Panama City, Fla., yesterday hosted the keel authentication ceremony for the second vessel in the U.S. Coast Guard’s new offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program, the future USCGC

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Eastern Shipbuilding gets OPC program contract mods

In an action valued at $356.5 million, the Coast Guard last month modified its contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), giving the Panama City, Fla., shipyard the go ahead to begin construction

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GAO report sees risks in USCG’s Offshore Patrol Cutter program

A new GAO (Government Accountability Office) report into the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program is critical of several aspects of the acquisition strategy and makes eight recommendations that, it

Eastern delivers second RApport 2400 Z-drive tug to Bisso Offshore

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the M/V A. Thomas Higgins, the second of two 80-foot 5,100 HP Z-drive tugs, to Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso

ESG launches second of three Staten Island ferries

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.’s Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla., last week launched the Sandy Ground (Hull 220), the second of three new “Ollis Class” ferries for the New York City Department

Eastern Shipbuilding resumes operations

NOVEMBER 2, 2018 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. reports that it has resumed operations at both of its two main shipbuilding facilities just two weeks after Hurricane Michael devastated Panama City, Florida,

Hurricane-hit Eastern puts employees at top of recovery priorities

OCTOBER 22, 2018 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) says that, as it moves ahead with recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, it is focusing on helping its employees recover

Eastern Shipbuilding will use FORAN for OPC build

NOVEMBER 15, 2017 — Spanish engineering and technology group SENER reports that Panama City, FL-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) will use its FORAN shipbuilding CAD/CAM/CAE system to build the new class of

Northrop Grumman wins OPC C4ISR and MCS contracts

NOVEMBER 18, 2016 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) for the design of C4ISR and machinery control systems (MCS) for the U.S.

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