hurricane michael

Coast Guard Picks First East Coast Homeport for Offshore Patrol Cutters

Rendering of Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter. Eastern Shipbuilding Image

The Coast Guard has picked the homeport for the service’s first pair of Offshore Patrol Cutters on the East Coast, the service announced on Wednesday.

The two OPCs will be based at Naval Station Newport, R.I., home of the Naval War College, Navy Officer Candidate School and Surface Warfare Officers school.

“NAVSTA Newport provides strategic operational reach and significant logistics support to our Service, helping secure...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/12/coast-guard-picks-first-east-coast-homeport-for-offshore-patrol-cutters

Eastern Shipbuilding to build second Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter

Eastern was awarded the contract to build the offshore patrol cutter by the Coast Guard on Sept. 15, 2016. Rendering courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

Last week, Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had executed a contract modification to build the second offshore patrol cutter (OPC) and for long lead time materials for the third OPC. Eastern successfully completed a Production Readiness Review (PRR) in February. 

“Today represents not only the continuation of production for the Coast Guard’s future replacement of their 210-foot and 270-foot-class medium endurance cutters, but also an important step in the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-to-build-second-coast-guard-offshore-patrol-cutter/

Schultz Details Coast Guard Rationale for Offshore Patrol Cutter Re-Compete

An artist’s conception of Eastern Shipbuilding’s Offshore Patrol Cutter design.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The head of the Coast Guard said production of the service’s Offshore Patrol Cutter construction is almost a year behind schedule due to damage from Hurricane Michael.

Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz expects delivery of the first of the cutters from Eastern Shipbuilding in 2023 with the next three to be delivered in succeeding years, he said speaking at a Navy League breakfast.

The service may know more...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/10/schultz-details-coast-guard-rationale-for-offshore-patrol-cutter-re-compete

Coast Guard to Re-Compete Multi-Billion Dollar Offshore Patrol Cutter Contract

An artist’s conception of Eastern Shipbuilding’s Offshore Patrol Cutter design.

The Coast Guard is recompeting its potentially $10.5 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter contract because the program risks falling fatally behind schedule due to hurricane damage to the shipyard initially awarded the contract.

The program has already slipped nearly a year behind schedule and could cost an additional $659 million to finish the first four on nine contracted OPCs, according to a recent Congressional Research...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/05/coast-guard-to-re-compete-multi-billion-dollar-offshore-patrol-cutter-contract

Eastern Shipbuilding to get relief for offshore patrol cutter contract

The Department of Homeland Security, in close coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, granted extraordinary relief to the Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) for the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) under the authority of Public Law (P.L.) 85-804.

ESG submitted a request on June 30, 2019, for extraordinary relief after its shipbuilding facilities sustained significant damages from Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm, in October 2018.

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan made the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-to-get-relief-for-offshore-patrol-cutter-contract/

Eastern Shipbuilding Group resumes operations

Eastern Shipbuilding Group's two main shipyards are back to work just two weeks after Hurricane Michael devastated the Panama City, Fla., area. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Eastern Shipbuilding Group resumed operations at both of its two main shipbuilding facilities just two weeks after Hurricane Michael devastated Panama City, Fla., and the surrounding communities.

The most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, Hurricane Michael currently stands as the third most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., topped only by Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Yet the majority of ESG’s workforce has...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-group-resumes-operations/

Eastern Shipbuilding focuses on employees in Hurricane Michael’s aftermath

Eastern Shipbuilding's Allanton Road shipyard in Panama City, Fla. Eastern Shipbuilding photo.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the Panama City, Fla.-based shipbuilder that got hit hard by Hurricane Michael, is focusing on helping its employees recover from the storm. The company’s two major shipyards are based in Bay County, Fla., which was declared a major disaster area in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. The company’s Allanton shipyard is located just a few miles west of Mexico Beach, Fla., where Hurricane Michael made landfall.

“The damage caused by Hurricane Michael has affected our...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-focuses-on-employees/

Eastern Shipbuilding hit hard by Hurricane Michael

The finished 261-foot Alaska factory trawler North Star on its starboard side in Saint Andrews Bay, Fla. Screenshot from Weather Nation video.

Hurricane Michael’s path brought its eye wall with category 4 winds over the Eastern Shipbuilding Group at Panama City, Fla., where company officials now are working to make sure workers and their families are safe and begin a recovery.

“Both shipyards have taken hurricane damage,” ESG president Joey D’Isernia wrote in a message on the company’s website. “First and foremost, please take care of your families and secure your homes. Once that is done we need to hear from you and get back to work....

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-hit-hard-by-hurricane-michael/

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