Chouest anchor handlers to have Rolls-Royce equipment

JUNE 10, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has won a £50 million contract to deliver deck machinery for four large anchor handlers for Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The vessels are designed by ECO’s North

Chouest family buys yacht builder Westport

JUNE 7, 2014 — The assets of Westport Shipyard, Inc., the largest yacht builder in North America, have been acquired by Westport, LLC, an ownership group that includes Gary Chouest and other

ABB to equip advanced Island Offshore newbuilds

MAY 19, 2013 — ABB has won contracts worth in excess of $20 million to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation offshore vessels —and looks set to soon

Chouest could face penalty in Kulluk grounding

APRIL 4, 2014 — Edison Chouest Offshore could face penalties in relation to the grounding of the mobile offshore drilling unit Kulluk on the eastern coast of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, on Dec.

Petrobras approves more OSV contracts

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Brazilian national oil company Petrobras reports that its Executive Board has approved the contracting of eight support vessels for its offshore activities. They are part of the third

Pirates kidnap Chouest captain and chief engineer

OCTOBER 24, 2013 — Reuters is reporting that pirates have attacked an OSV off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens. Reuters cites U.K. based security

Island Offshore wins North Sea LWI contract

AUGUST 29, 2013 — Island Offshore, a leading Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist in which the Chouest and Ulstein family are partners, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake

Louisiana looks to help McDermott Morgan City workers

AUGUST 19, 2013 — Louisiana officials are working to find alternative employment for workers who will lose their jobs when McDermott International, Inc. closes its Morgan City shipyard. McDermott announced the decision

Chouest rolls out major expansion plans

JULY 9, 2013 —The Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) family of companies plans to enlarge its sizeable fleet and expand its terminal facilities. Chouest PSV at work in the Gulf of Mexico “Reacting

Island Offshore christens Island Crown

JUNE 3, 2013 — Christened in Oslo today as part of the Nor-Shipping opening events, the Island Crown is the 34th vessel designed by Rolls-Royce to be delivered to Island Offshore, in

LOAD MORE