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Eastern Shipbuilding activity, floating dry dock plans spotlighted as county pursues maritime prosperity zone and workforce housing
Summary
Officials updated commissioners on Eastern Shipbuilding contracts, potential ferry and tug projects, floating dry-dock negotiations and related workforce-housing steps; staff said multiple long-term contracts would sustain outfitting work and that federal 'maritime prosperity zone' planning could benefit Gulf County.
County economic-development staff and local officials told the Board on July 22 that Eastern Shipbuilding has several large contracts and that a federal maritime-prosperity initiative is focusing on Mobile–Pensacola–Port St. Joe as a strategic region.
Jim McKnight, reporting on shipyard activity and related funding prospects, said Eastern has three large conversion projects and had recently won contracts for three large ferries and additional tug and dredge work.…
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