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Insights sured our company culture of integrity, safety and quality

Earlier, you mentioned the new facility in Port are alive and well. Additionally, this location enables us to

St. Joe. Will you please tell us a bit more tap into another labor market to support our projects.

about that yard and how it will impact the company overall?

How else is Eastern investing today to ensure

JD: We opened our third facility in Port St. Joe, Fla., in near- future success?

by Gulf County, where we are currently out? tting and test- ing the Staten Island Ferries. With the addition of the PSJ JD: We have invested in equipment, processes and proce- facility, we have expanded our capacity and are thus more dures to minimize the impacts to the environment where we live, work and play. All our facilities are ISO 14001 responsive to meeting the dynamic needs of our customers. compliant. This certi? cation means that we adhere to pro-

This facility encompasses 40 acres and 1,000 feet of deep- cesses and procedures designed speci? cally to minimize water bulkhead with unrestricted access to the Gulf of Mex- ico test and trials grounds only a few short miles away. This our overall environmental footprint whether it is carbon emissions, keeping our waterways clean or reducing waste facility is dedicated to ? nal out? tting and testing of com- mercial new construction vessels as well as topside repairs. through recycling initiatives to name a few. We have been

We have embarked on a $50 million, 15,000 ton drydock ISO 14001 certi? ed since 2012 and plan to continue this tradition moving forward. The industry is rapidly moving project at this facility in order to provide full vessel sustain- ment services. This dry-dock has been speci? cally designed into zero emissions and reduced footprint across the board, to be able to service government ships as well as commercial and we are proud to be leaders in that effort.

Additionally, we have built and are currently operating ships and can haul deep draft vessels as well. We have just completed a $6 million infrastructure improvement project a technologically advanced telecommunications testing fa- at our Port Saint Joe facility to allow for vessel out? tting cility called a Production Facility (PF) This asset ensures to commence. Once our dry-dock is in operation, we will the C5ISR capabilities are seamlessly integrated into our government vessels and that integration risk is drastically become a full-service vessel sustainment facility that can ac- commodate both commercial and government customers. reduced through full up-front testing prior to installation on the ship.

We have grown our facilities organically and this has en-

Eastern has dedicated its Nelson St.

Shipyard to the U.S. Coast Guard

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