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August 28, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Owner seeking options to reopen Savannah yard

Capt. Richard Johnson knew something was wrong. A couple of weeks before Global Ship Systems in Savannah closed in late June, Johnson had heard grumblings of unmet payroll and he could feel the tension. So he went to the key people who had been overseeing his refit for the past two years and told th

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Capt. Richard Johnson knew something was wrong. A couple of weeks before Global Ship Systems in Savannah closed in late June, Johnson had heard grumblings of unmet payroll and he could feel the tension.

So he went to the key people who had been overseeing his refit for the past two years and told them that if there were any lay-offs that those employees would still have work – at least for a couple more months – finishing the refit on the 117-foot tri-deck M/Y Rebecca.

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