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On Tuesday, March 24, ABS performed the first ever remote Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DP/FMEA) as part of completing the special survey of machinery utilizing Edison Chouest Offshore’s state-of-the-art Remote Monitoring Center and platform supply vessel, Cat Island.
The Remote Monitoring Center (RMC) is located in Edison Chouest Offshore’s Cut Off, La., headquarters. Edison Chouest Offshore photo
Chouest has a PSV fleet capable of providing remote troubleshooting and inspections, which reduces...
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River cruise behemoth Viking Cruises will start cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022 with a 450’x75’ vessel being built at a shipyard owned by Edison Chouest Offshore, Galliano, La.
The 386-passenger, five-deck Viking Mississippi will sail between New Orleans and St. Paul, the company, which has 79 vessels operating worldwide, said this week.
Switzerland-based Viking’s plans to enter the booming U.S. market surfaced seven years ago soon after American Cruise Lines (ACL) and American...
https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/viking-says-it-will-start-mississippi-river/
On Tuesday, March 24, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) performed the first ever remote special survey utilizing Edison Chouest Offshore’s state-of-the-art Remote Monitoring Center and the platform supply vessel — Cat Island.
The Remote Monitoring Center (RMC) is located in Edison Chouest Offshore’s Cut Off, La., headquarters. Edison Chouest Offshore photo
Chouest’s PSV fleet is capable of providing remote troubleshooting and inspections, which reduces the need for technicians to travel to...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/abs-eco-conduct-first-ever-remote-special-survey/
Global cruise giant Viking Cruises is moving further into the North American market with plans for the increasingly popular Great Lakes and U.S. rivers.
Best known for river cruises, Switzerland-based Viking with a fleet of 79 vessels last week said it was building two expedition ships, which will both serve the Antarctic. The first — the 665’x77’, 378-passenger Viking Octantis being built in Norway by Fincantieri’s Vard – also begins sailing the Great Lakes in April 2022, visiting Michigan,...
https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/viking-to-add-cruise-ships-to-north-american-routes/
Viking River Cruises is pushing ahead with plans to enter the U.S. market with vessels built by Edison Chouest Offshore, a cruise line representative recently told the Dubuque, Iowa, city council.
The global giant could start service in 2021 and by 2027 would have six vessels carrying 103,431 passengers on the Mississippi River, according to a chart Viking consultant David Simmons showed the city council last month.
The five-story vessels, which Simmons termed a “long ship on steroids,” will...
https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/viking-cruises-moves-ahead-with-u-s-expansion-plans/