Rendering of Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter. Eastern Shipbuilding Image
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A year after Hurricane Michael hit Florida’s panhandle, labor shortages in the region are causing the Coast Guard’s $10.5-billion high-priority Offshore Patrol Cutter program to fall 12 months behind schedule and be at risk of running over budget.
The Coast Guard’s solution is to modify the original contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the prime contractor, will build the first four OPCs while the...