Edison Chouest Offshore

{{short description|Shipyard companies}} {{Infobox company | name = Edison Chouest Offshore | logo = | type = | founded = {{start date|1960}} | fate = | defunct = | area_served = Gulf of Mexico <br> Brazil <br>South America | industry = Shipping, Shipbuilding, Offshore support, Port Operations, Subsea Services-ROV | products = Ships, tugs, platform supply vessels, ice breakers | revenue = | key_people = Edison Chouest | parent = | subsidiaries = *North American Shipbuilding *Tampa Ship *Gulf Ship LLC *La Ship *Estaleiro NavShip | website = [http://www.chouest.com/ chouest.com] | footnotes = | successor = | hq_location_city = Cut Off, Louisiana | hq_location_country = USA }}

'''Edison Chouest Offshore''' ('''ECO'''), which started as '''Edison Chouest Boat Rentals''' in 1960, is a family of companies in the marine transportation business based in Cut Off, Louisiana. ECO owns and operates a fleet of platform supply vessels, Subsea Construction / IMR vessels, a Riserless Light Well Intervention vessel, Anchor handling tug supply vessels, Oil Spill Response Vessels, and Well Stimulation Vessels, as well as an independently owned fleet of Research Vessels and Ice Breakers.

Edison Chouest Offshore operates five shipyards:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4291932 | title=Offshore Service Vessels LLC - Company Profile and News | website=Bloomberg News }}</ref> *'''North American Shipbuilding''' (NAS) in Larose, Louisiana was founded in 1974 on the Dixie Delta Canal running to Lake Salvador. {{coord|29.585|-90.375|display=inline}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/northamerican.htm|title=North American Shipbuilding Fabrication Gulf Ship Chouest LA Ship}}</ref><ref>[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/northamerican.htm North American Shipbuilding, ''shipbuildinghistory.com'']</ref> *Gulf Ship LLC, in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 2007 {{coord|30.427|-89.0455 |display=inline}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mississippi.org/news/gulf-ship-creating-more-than-200-new-jobs-in-gulfport-to-accommodate-contract-with-oil-company/|title=Gulf Ship creating more than 200 new jobs in Gulfport to accommodate contract with oil company|date=September 17, 2020|website=Mighty Mississippi}}</ref> *Tampa Ship, the former Tampa Bay Shipbuilding, founded in 2008. {{coord|27.926|-82.444|display=inline}}<ref>[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/tampa.htm Tampa Ship, ''shipbuildinghistory.com'']</ref> *'''La Ship''', in Houma, Louisiana, founded in 2011 {{coord|29.547|-90.7019|display=inline}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houmatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/04/05/hotel-style-vessel-built-in-houma-to-service-new-york-wind-farms-chouest-laship-orsted-scalise/70083046007/|title=Hotel-style housing vessel built in Houma nearly ready to service off-shore wind farms|website=The Courier}}</ref> ** North American Fabricators, (NAF), in Houma, Louisiana, founded in 1996 (now part of LaShip) {{coord|29.5699|-90.700|display=inline}}<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7642579Z:US#xj4y7vzkg North American Fabricators, ''bloomberg.com'']</ref> *'''Estaleiro NavShip''', in Navegantes, Brazil at Superporto do Açu on the Itajaí-Açu river founded in 2005 {{coord|-26.878|-48.689|display=inline}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rivieramm.com/opinion/opinion/bram-and-navship-fly-flag-for-chouest-in-brazil-35064|title=Bram and Navship fly flag for Chouest in Brazil|website=Riviera}}</ref> *ECO's offshore vessels range from 109 feet to 525 feet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island Venture |url=https://ulstein.com/references/island-venture/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Ulstein |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ECO {{!}} Vessels, Shipyards, Port Operations and Subsea Services |url=http://www.chouest.com/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.chouest.com}}</ref> *Edison Chouest Offshore has an office in Houston Texas and has a fleet of over 200 vessels some with Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV-subsea).<ref>[http://www.chouest.com/subsea.html subsea ''chouest.com'']</ref> *Edison Chouest operates the '''Edison Chouest Offshore Training Center'''.<ref>[http://www.chouest.com/training-center.html Edison Chouest Offshore Training Center]</ref> <br> '''Port services''' *Port Fourchon C-Port and C-Logistics, loading and unloading, dockside services.<ref>[http://www.chouest.com/c-port.html Port C, Port Fourchon ''chouest.com'']</ref><ref>[http://www.chouest.com/c-logistics.html Port Fourchon C-Logistics, ''chouest.com'']</ref> ** C-Innovation, riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services.<ref>[https://www.oedigital.com/news/504468-c-innovation-opens-new-facility-in-port-fourchon C-Innovation Opens New Facility in Port Fourchon, April 18, 2023]</ref><ref>[https://c-innovation.com/ C-Innovation, ''c-innovation.com'']</ref> **Martin Terminal large staging lot. **C-Terminal, Port Fourchon Dock and warehouse storage. **Fourchon Heavy Lift, 500-ton derrick crane **Clean Tank service and clean Waste service *Port of Açu, located in São João da Barra in northern Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.<ref>[http://www.chouest.com/ports.html Port of Açu, ''chouest.com'']</ref>

'''Photo gallery''' *Some ships built by North American Shipbuilding - Edison Chouest Offshore: <gallery> Aiviq 30dec2012.jpg | ''Aiviq'' in heavy seas on 30 December 2012. MV Cory Chouest.jpg| MV ''Cory Chouest'' NR-1 with Carolyn Chouest.jpg|MV ''Carolyn Chouest'' with ''NR-1''. Tugboat C-Tractor 3.jpg|The ''C-Tractor 3'', escorts the U.S. Navy ballistic-missile submarine USS ''Rhode Island'' (SSBN-740). Antarctica Nathaniel B Palmer.jpg|Icebreaker ''Nathaniel B. Palmer'', serving the National Science Foundation. Laurence M Gould.JPG|RV ''Laurence M. Gould'' in Punta Arenas, Chile. MSC-chartered MV VADM K.R. Wheeler.jpg|USNS ''VADM K. R. Wheeler'' </gallery> {{commons category|IMO 9579016|''Aiviq''}}

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Category:Companies based in Louisiana Category:American shipbuilders Category:American companies established in 1974 Category:1974 establishments in Louisiana