Eastern Shipbuilding tapped to complete HOS MPSV duo

Panama City, Fla., headquartered Eastern Shipbuilding Group reports that it has been contracted by Zurich American Insurance Company to complete the construction of two ultra high-spec 400 class Multi-Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) for Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC (HOS).

HOS reported back in October 2023 (see earlier story) that it had reached an agreement that would see the completion of the two MPSVs, which had been at the center of a now-settled lawsuit with Gulf Island Fabrication Inc....

https://www.marinelog.com/news/eastern-shipbuilding-tapped-to-complete-hos-mpsv-duo/

Hornbeck to complete construction of two 400 class Jones Act MPSVs

Covington, La., headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. is to complete the two multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that had been at the center of its recently settled lawsuit with Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards LLC (GIS).

Hornbeck Offshore said today that it has now entered a final agreement that will see the surety provider under that contract take possession of the two MPSVs and complete their construction at a shipyard to be mutually...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/hornbeck-to-complete-construction-of-two-400-class-jones-act-mpsvs/