Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently announced the delivery of the Jaden Pasentine (Hull 200). The 90’x32’x10′ towboat is the 70th built by the shipyard for Florida Marine Transporters LLC, Mandeville, La., and it was delivered in November. Eastern delivered the DPJ II, the 69th inland towboat in the series, in August of this year.
It was in early 2018, when Florida Marine signed four more additional towboats, bringing the total to seventy (70) vessels contracted over the...