Eastern Shipbuilding Group,Inc (ESG) on March 9 held a keel verification event at its Allanton Shipyard in Panama City,Fla for a brand-new 302-foot automobile as well as traveler ferryboat for the Bridgeport & &Port Jefferson Steamboat Company
Steel reducing for ESG Hull 228 started in January 2023 as well as a distribution is set up for 2024. The ferryboat will certainly run in between Bridgeport,Conn as well as Port Jefferson, N.Y.
The ferryboat is based upon the P.T. Barnum as well as Grand Republic automobile as well as traveler ferryboats that Eastern Shipbuilding Group formerly created for McAllister Towing as well as Transportation Co, proprietors of the Bridgeport & &Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ESG has actually created greater than a lots vessels for McAllister.
ESG chief executive officer as well as chairman, Joey D’Isernia, stated, “We have been doing business with McAllister for more than 30 years. We are very proud that we have earned their trust with a gold standard that repeat customers like Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company and McAllister expect from a shipyard. We look forward to adding another state-of-the-art auto and passenger ferry to their fleet.”
Fred Hall, vice head of state as well as basic supervisor of Bridgeport & & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, stated, “The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company is pleased to renew our long-standing relationship with Eastern Shipbuilding Group in building a new state-of-the-art vehicle and passenger ferry for service across Long Island Sound. The new build will join a fleet which includes two other vessels previously built by Eastern: the P.T. Barnum (1999) and the Grand Republic (2003). We look forward to the arrival of an exceptional high-quality vessel that will serve our customers, our crews and our company for many years to come.”
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