Opening ceremony for new Eastern Shipbuilding facility

Eastern Shipbuilding completes new OPC superstructure facility

Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG) this week marked the completion of a new, state-of-the-art aluminum superstructure fabrication and assembly hall at its Nelson Street Shipyard. This major infrastructure project

C5ISR facility opening ceremony

New Eastern Shipbuilding C5ISR production facility supports OPC construction

Eastern Shipbuilding Group this week commissioned a new C5ISR (Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) production facility at its Allanton, Fla., shipyard. The new, dedicated shore-based facility is specifically

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Bollinger celebrates commissioning of FRC 45

Representatives from Bollinger Shipyards LLC joined senior U.S. Coast Guard officials at USCG Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia, Pa., October 15, for the commissioning of one of the newest Sentinel-class Fast Response

Support grows for USTR petition on Chinese shpibuilding

House T&I Committee leaders seek GAO probe of USCG program delays

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review what they call “significant delivery delays”

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Eastern Shipbuilding gears up to compete for OPC Stage II

Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) reports that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Slidell, La., headquartered Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support

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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

Rendering of OPC

Bollinger bids to build Stage 2 of USCG OPC program

Lockport, La., headquartered Bollinger Shipyards has submitted a proposal to the United States Coast Guard to build Stage 2 of the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. If chosen, Bollinger would construct

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Coast Guard budget request funds key shipbuilding programs

Highlights of the Department of Homeland Security’s 2022 budget request for the U.S. Coast Guard include $170 million to fund Polar Security Cutter program management and provide for long lead time materials

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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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

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