VIDEO: ECO Edison christened in New Orleans

America’s offshore wind energy supply chain marked a major milestone Saturday, when ECO Edison, the first-ever American-built, owned, and crewed offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), was christened in the Port of New Orleans.

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R.-La.) and Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D.-La.) joined senior executives from Ørsted and Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) at events to celebrate the completion of the SOV, that included its official christening by Jennifer...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/video-eco-edison-christened-in-new-orleans/

Chouest and Maersk Supply partner up on U.S. offshore wind installation

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and Maersk Supply Service are partnering up for the construction and operation of a Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation feeder concept.

Specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation Wind Installation Vessel, the purpose-built feeder spread includes two tugs and two barges to be delivered in 2026. They will be owned and operated by ECO and constructed by Bollinger Shipyards.

As a key component to the installation process, this newbuild...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/chouest-and-maersk-supply-partner-up-on-u-s-offshore-wind-installation/

Na Hiro E Pae will sail the South Pacific with an eSAIL

An 89-meter long mixed cargo/passenger vessel to be built at the Armon Shipyard in Spain for Papeete, French Polynesia, based SNA Tuhaa Pae is to be fitted with a 22 meter high bound4blue eSAIL. The vessel, the Na Hiro E Pae, will operate between Tahiti and the Austral Islands, 400 miles to the southwest of Tahiti, carrying bothsupplies and up to 200 tourists.

SAILING WITH SUCTION

The eSAIL, designed for both retrofits and newbuilds, is a “suction sail.” It works by harnessing wind power to...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/na-hiro-e-pae-will-sail-the-south-pacific-with-an-esail/

C-Innovation names Lucas Cribley business development manager

Houston-headquartered advanced subsea solutions specialist C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has welcomed back Lucas Cribley, who earlier in his career was one of the company’s first employees, as its new business development manager.

During his more than 20-year career, Cribley worked as the program manager and first employee in a joint venture start-up between ECO and FMC Technologies, in which he secured and managed major inspection,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/c-innovation-names-lucas-cribley-business-development-manager/

ABS supports ECO on GHG and ESG reporting

ABS is working with leading OSV operator Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) on its decarbonization journey by providing greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services.

ABS specialists have been working with the ECO team since 2022 providing a gap analysis for the ECO Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Framework.

This led to a full sustainability reporting project in 2023, where ABS supplied technical guidance on the GRI...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/abs-supports-eco-on-ghg-and-esg-reporting/

Empire Wind picks ECO to provide plug-in hybrid SOV

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has reached a long-term charter agreement that will see Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) provide a plug-in hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms. The charter agreement has a fixed period of 10 years, with commencement in the mid-2020s.

ECO starts construction of first Jones Act SOV

The SOV will be the first in the U.S. offshore wind sector capable of sailing partly on battery...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/empire-wind-picks-eco-to-provide-plug-in-hybrid-sov/

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