ECO newbuild campaign

The US-based Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) plans to build several new anchor handling towing supply vessels (AHTS), as well as more than a dozen new generation 280-ft. platform supply vessels (PSV) in its affiliated shipyards in the US. All vessels are scheduled to join the ECO domestic fleet within the next three years.

The newbuilding programme features seven new anchor handlers: two 348-ft., 21,600 HP new generation anchor handlers and five 288-ft., 16,000 HP vessels. Also slated for construction are fourteen 4,700 dwt PSVs. All the vessels are slated for delivery between February 2007 and mid-2010, and will be constructed at ECO affiliated shipyards, i.e. North American Shipbuilding (NAS) in Larose, LA, North American Fabricators (NAF) in Houma, LA and Gulfship in Gulfport, MS.