ESG resumes operations post-Michael

Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Fla., has resumed operations at both of its two main shipbuilding facilities weeks after Hurricane Michael, the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, on Oct. 10 and scattering its workforce. “Our employees are a resourceful and resilient group,” said ESG President Joey D’Isernia. More than 80 percent of ESG’s workforce has been able to return to work. ESG has worked with its federal, state, and commercial partners over the last two weeks to provide updates on the shipyard and projects under construction. Power was restored to ESG’s Nelson Facility on Oct. 21, and the Allanton Facility on Oct. 24. All of the ESG personnel currently working on the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) contract have returned to work. The Offshore Patrol Cutter contract is the largest project in the Coast Guard’s 228 year history. (Source: Marine Link 11/02/18)