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Eastern Shipbuilding Group hosted the keel authentication ceremony for a new 302-foot auto and passenger ferry March 9 at its Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla,, March 9. The ferry, ESG Hull 228, is being built for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. Steel cutting began in January, and delivery is expected for 2024. The ferry will operate between Bridgeport, Conn., and Port Jefferson, N.Y. The ferry is based on the P.T. Bar-num and Grand Republic auto and pas- senger ferries that Eastern Shipbuilding Group previously constructed for McAllister Towing & Transportation Company, owners of the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. Eastern has constructed more than a dozen vessels for long-time customer McAllister. |