Oil Patch Drives Optimism (cont.) seen the marketplace so active in so many sectors in my entire career.” Eastern Shipbuilding has built its business on being diverse. Besides PSVs and MPSVs, its also building a fishing trawler processor, and a series of towboats for Florida Marine Transporters. “We’re delighted to get back in the fishing market. It’s where this company got its start. These are extremely sophisticated vessels.” One of the naval architectural firms that
has emerged as a major player in the offshore market is STX Marine, with offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Houston. STX Marine is supplying the designs for the HGIM boats under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding, Leevac and TY Offshore. “Success starts with people,” says STX Canada Marine President, Dave McMillan.” McMillan says that while the firm has been under several different ownerships over its 30 years, STX Marine “has always
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had a culture that sought out and developed talented naval architects and marine engineers.” STX foresees an increase in the multifunctional role of future builds of OSVs in addition to the workhorse PSVs. As exploration enters deeper waters and distance from shore increases larger, self-contained multi-functional vessels will be in demand. These vessels will be equipped to conduct combinations of well intervention, sub-sea operations, sat-diving and ROV operations. These multi-functional vessels will offer higher standards of accommodation and amenities to attract and retain crew, and have higher DP and external firefighting capabilities.
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In announcing their results for the first quarter on May 1, Hornbeck Offshore Service (HOS), Covington, LA, introduced a new wrinkle in its massive newbuilding program. HOS said that instead of building two more HOSMAX 320 Class Offshore Support Vessels—that class is being built at VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS—as it had said on February 6, it was going to commit to constructing two Multi-Purpose Support Vessels based on the HOSMAX 310 design. HOS struck a deal with Leevac Shipyards, Jennings, LA, to build the two MPSVs, with deliveries to 2016, with exercisable options for two more. The $1.24 billion new construction program consists of 24 vessels: Four 300 class OSVs, six 310 class OSVs, ten 320 class OSVs and four 310 class MPSVs. In March 2013, HOS contracted with Eastern Shipbuilding to construct two of its new class of Jones Act MPSVs based upon the HOSMAX 310 vessel design, with expected deliveries in the second and third quarters of 2015. HOS said that based on its current plan to build up to eight Jones Act MPSVs, it had decided to allow the remaining 22 options to construct HOSMAX 320 class OSVs at VT Halter Marine to expire, while maintaining its 22 options to construct additional HOSMAX 310 class OSVs at Eastern Shipbuilding. The next exercise date for those newbuild options has been extended to August 2013. There’s been some notable HOS stretching projects for Bollinger Shipyards, too. According to Robert Socha, Bollinger Shipyards Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Bollinger Shipyards has completed the first two of six stretches and upgrades to the HOS 200 Class offshore