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Eastern Shipbuilding lands huge contract to build Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter
Brian Disernia founded Eastern Shipbuilding Group in 1976 on one acre of leased land on Watson Bayou in Panama City. He was a commercial sword fisherman and wanted to build shipping vessels for himself. What started as a one-man operation is now run by his children. It has more than a thousand employees and has landed a very sought-after contract. Eastern Shipbuilding is still a relatively small fish in a big pond when compared to others around the country. So being awarded a contract to build a Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter or O.P.C is no small feat. “Like the story of David and Goliath, little Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Bay County, Florida stunned the world by winning this construction project,” said President Joey Disernia. >video, click to read< 10:30
Eastern Shipbuilding to build 194 ft fishing vessel for O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, ME
APRIL 5, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has signed a contract with O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, ME, covering construction and delivery of a 194 ft (59.13 m) freezer stern trawler fishing vessel built to a Skipsteknisk, AS, Aalesund, Norway, ST 115 design with a highly efficient hull shape that reduces hull resistance and increases fuel efficiency. It will be built to DNV class +1A1, Stern Trawler, E0 Notation for hull and DNV ICE 1B. Read more@baycountypress
