Ulstein launches giant Chouest/Island OCV

AUGUST 26, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft yesterday launched Island Venture (Yard No. 302), the first of the two giant SX165 design offshore construction vessels ordered by Edison Chouest Offshore and Island

Ulstein marks milestone in construction of giant OCV

MAY 8, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has reached an important milestone in the construction of  its largest ship thus far, yard number 302, the first of the two giant SX165 design

Cat power for diesel-electric Edison Chouest MPSVs

MARCH 6, 2015—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has selected Cat’s EPA Tier 4 Final-compliant C280-16 generator sets for two new ice class, diesel-electric-powered Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels (MPSVs) under construction at ECO’s La Ship

Chouest, Island OCV newbuilds will be longer and wider

NOVEMBER 20, 2014 — Production is in full swing at Norway’s Ulstein Verft on the first of the two giant SX165 design construction vessels ordered by Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore

Laney Chouest sworn in as New Orleans Port Commissioner

JUNE 27, 2014 —  Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed Laney J. Chouest to the Board of the Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Chouest, who was sworn in during yesterday’s

Edison Chouest acquires Bee Mar Platform Supply Vessels

FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, has acquired “effectively all of the assets” of the fleet of Bee Mar, LLC, Broussard, LA, according to a senior executive at Bollinger Shipyards.