Edison Chouest Offshore
family of marine transportation companies
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), which started as Edison Chouest Boat Rentals in 1960, is a family of companies in the marine transportation business based in Cut Off, Louisiana. ECO owns and operates a fleet of platform supply vessels, Subsea Construction / IMR vessels, a Riserless Light Well Intervention vessel, Anchor handling tug supply vessels, Oil Spill Response Vessels, and Well Stimulation Vessels, as well as an independently owned fleet of Research Vessels and Ice Breakers.
Edison Chouest Offshore operates five shipyards:
North American Shipbuilding (NAS) in Larose, Louisiana was founded in 1974 on the Dixie Delta Canal running to Lake Salvador. 29.585°N 90.375°W / 29.585; -90.375
Gulf Ship LLC, in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 2007 30.427°N 89.0455°W / 30.427; -89.0455
Tampa Ship, the former Tampa Bay Shipbuilding, founded in 2008. 27.926°N 82.444°W / 27.926; -82.444
La Ship, in Houma, Louisiana, founded in 2011 29.547°N 90.7019°W / 29.547; -90.7019
North American Fabricators, (NAF), in Houma, Louisiana, founded in 1996 (now part of LaShip) 29.5699°N 90.700°W / 29.5699; -90.700
Estaleiro NavShip, in Navegantes, Brazil at Superporto do Açu on the Itajaí-Açu river founded in 2005 26.878°S 48.689°W / -26.878; -48.689
ECO's offshore vessels range from 109 feet to 525 feet.
Edison Chouest Offshore has an office in Houston Texas and has a fleet of over 200 vessels some with Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV-subsea).
Edison Chouest operates the Edison Chouest Offshore Training Center.
Port services
Port Fourchon C-Port and C-Logistics, loading and unloading, dockside services.
C-Innovation, riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services.
Martin Terminal large staging lot.
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