Shipbuilder adding 500 workers

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Eastern Shipbuilding Group is adding 500 new jobs to fill two new contracts. The company needs to extra worker because of two contracts to build 13 supply vessels. One is for Brazil's Boldini S.A., and the other for Hornbeck Offshore. Eastern Shipbuilding is one of the largest employers in Bay County. (Source: Panama City News Herald, 12/20/11)