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Delta SubSea, LLC (DSS) en-tered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Hornbeck Off- shore Services, Inc. (HOS) for the HOS Bayou, one of Hornbeck?s recently built 300-class HOSMAX DP-2 multipur- pose service vessels (MPSVs). The HOS Bayou will be equipped with two Delta SubSea Schilling HD 150 HP work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from DSS?s  eet of ROVs. It is capable of per- forming inspection, maintenance and re-pair (IMR) of subsea oil installations and construction support in the Gulf of Mex- ico (GoM). In addition to IMR work, this vessel package is designed to perform a variety of deepwater services, such as SURF installation, decommissioning ac-tivities, drilling support and deepwater well intervention projects. ?The securing of the HOS Bayou is the culmination of 14 months of ambi-tious growth for Delta SubSea,? said Scott Dingman, DSS?s President ? CEO. ?With this  rst vessel, we have laid the foundation for our up and coming IMR vessel  eet, while advancing our vision of providing clients with best-in-class, full-service subsea solutions for their deepwater needs. We are very excited to be working with the team at Hornbeck Offshore and believe that this relation- ship will strengthen our already estab-lished position in the deepwater ROV market place.? The HOS Bayou has a maximum speed of 12 to 14 knots with fuel con-sumption of 208 gallons per hour and is equipped with a 150-ton MacGregor knuckle-boom crane with active heave compensation (AHC) and a maximum lifting capacity of 48 tons at water depths of 10,000 ft. The vessel also comes equipped with a 73-ft. diameter helideck and has 24 air conditioned/heated state-rooms for 70-person berthing.Vessels Survey Vessel Delivered to Fugro N.V. Fugro has taken delivery of the second of the three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV) being built by Damen. The Fugro Pioneer is a compact, survey ship capable of undertaking a wide range of survey, monitoring and in- spection operations.The vessel is designed for a vari- ety of survey and inspections duties including light geotechnical work, environmental baseline surveys, monitoring and inspection, and moon pool deployments. Diesel electric propulsion delivers excel- lent economy at all speeds.Fugro Pioneer is the second of three survey vessels ordered by Fugro for delivery in 2014. Each will be operating in a different part of the world and so they have been adapted for the individual environ- ments in which they will work. The operating company is a specialist in the acquisition of the full spectrum of survey data and so the vessels have been tailored to be adaptable for a wide range of tasks.Fugro Pioneer is the second ves- sel to be built directly by Damen for Fugro. HOS MPSV DSS Contracts for Gulf ROV Work Photo courtesy of Damen October 201414 MTRMTR #8 (1-17).indd 14MTR #8 (1-17).indd 1410/10/2014 10:16:10 AM10/10/2014 10:16:10 AM