# Edison Chouest Offshore

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{{short description|Shipyard companies}}
{{Infobox company
| name                = Edison Chouest Offshore
| logo                = 
| type                = 
| founded             = {{start date|1960}}
| fate                = 
| defunct             = 
| area_served         = [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico) <br> [Brazil](/source/Brazil) <br>[South America](/source/South_America)
| industry            = [Shipping](/source/Freight_transport), [Shipbuilding](/source/Shipbuilding), Offshore support, [Port Operation](/source/Port_operations_service)s, [Subsea Services-ROV](/source/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle)
| products            = [Ship](/source/Ship)s, [tug](/source/Tugboat)s, [platform supply vessel](/source/platform_supply_vessel)s, [ice breaker](/source/Icebreaker)s
| revenue             = 
| key_people          = Edison Chouest
| parent              = 
| subsidiaries        = 
*North American Shipbuilding
*[Tampa Ship](/source/Tampa_Ship)
*Gulf Ship LLC
*La Ship
*Estaleiro NavShip
| website             = [http://www.chouest.com/ chouest.com]
| footnotes           = 
| successor           = 
| hq_location_city    = [Cut Off, Louisiana](/source/Cut_Off%2C_Louisiana)
| hq_location_country = [USA](/source/United_States_of_America)
}}

'''Edison Chouest Offshore''' ('''ECO'''), which started as '''Edison Chouest Boat Rentals''' in 1960, is a family of companies in the [marine transportation](/source/Marine_Transportation) business based in [Cut Off, Louisiana](/source/Cut_Off%2C_Louisiana). ECO owns and operates a fleet of [platform supply vessel](/source/platform_supply_vessel)s, Subsea Construction / [IMR vessel](/source/IMR_vessel)s, a [Riserless Light Well Intervention](/source/Riserless_Light_Well_Intervention) vessel, [Anchor handling tug supply vessel](/source/Anchor_handling_tug_supply_vessel)s, Oil Spill Response Vessels, and Well Stimulation Vessels, as well as an independently owned fleet of [Research Vessel](/source/Research_vessel)s and [Ice Breakers](/source/Icebreaker).

Edison Chouest Offshore operates five [shipyard](/source/shipyard)s:<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](/source/Bloomberg_News) }}</ref>
*'''North American Shipbuilding''' (NAS) in [Larose, Louisiana](/source/Larose%2C_Louisiana) was founded in 1974 on the Dixie Delta Canal running to [Lake Salvador](/source/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](/source/Gulfport%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Houma%2C_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](/source/Navegantes), [Brazil](/source/Brazil) at [Superporto do Açu](/source/Superporto_do_A%C3%A7u) on the [Itajaí-Açu river](/source/Itaja%C3%AD-A%C3%A7u_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](/source/Watercraft) some with [Remotely operated underwater vehicle](/source/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle)s (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>
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'''Port services'''
*[Port Fourchon](/source/Port_Fourchon%2C_Louisiana) 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](/source/derrick_crane)
**Clean Tank service and clean Waste service 
*[Port of Açu](/source/Port_of_A%C3%A7u), located in [São João da Barra](/source/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Barra) in northern [Rio de Janeiro-RJ](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), 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](/source/Aiviq)'' in heavy seas on 30 December 2012.
MV Cory Chouest.jpg| [MV ''Cory Chouest''](/source/MV_Cory_Chouest)
NR-1 with Carolyn Chouest.jpg|[MV ''Carolyn Chouest''](/source/MV_Carolyn_Chouest) with [''NR-1''](/source/NR-1_Deep_Submergence_Craft).
Tugboat C-Tractor 3.jpg|The [''C-Tractor 3''](/source/C-Tractor), escorts the U.S. Navy ballistic-missile submarine [USS ''Rhode Island'' (SSBN-740)](/source/USS_Rhode_Island_(SSBN-740)).
Antarctica Nathaniel B Palmer.jpg|Icebreaker [''Nathaniel B. Palmer''](/source/Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreaker)), serving the [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation).
Laurence M Gould.JPG|[RV ''Laurence M. Gould''](/source/RV_Laurence_M._Gould) in [Punta Arenas](/source/Punta_Arenas), [Chile](/source/Chile).
MSC-chartered MV VADM K.R. Wheeler.jpg|[USNS ''VADM K. R. Wheeler''](/source/USNS_VADM_K._R._Wheeler)
</gallery>
{{commons category|IMO 9579016|''Aiviq''}}

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