Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., announced that on, Sept. 11, 2020, Eastern conducted the keel laying for 356’x79’6″x27’3″ R.B. Weeks, ESG hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredger for Weeks Marine Inc. (WMI), Covington, La., following the contract signing five months earlier.
Steel Cutting began on Aug. 19, 2020. The new U.S. flag dredge is be built at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard. It will be the shipyard’s second trailing suction hopper dredge project for Weeks Marine. The Ma...