Triumph board pushes Eastern $20 million request ahead

SHALIMAR — Eastern Shipbuilding was cleared for a $20 million shot in the arm today from Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., when the board approved moving the company’s proposal forward to help with improvements needed at its Nelson Street facility for the company’s Offshore Patrol Cutters contract with the U.S. Coast Guard.Also Monday, Triumph’s board moved forward grant requests for nearly $7 million for Bay County and its municipalities and just over $2.6 million for Gulf County and […]