ESG cuts steel for NYC ferry

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Fla., announced Sept. 5 that the New York City Department of Transportation’s Staten Island Ferry Division and Eastern cut steel to start construction of the first of three new Staten Island Ollis Class Ferries. The steel cutting ceremony of the 320-foot ferry took place at Eastern’s indoor steel processing and pre-fabrication building in Panama City. (Source: Eastern Shipbuilding 09/05/17)