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Shipbuilding & Repair

Offshore wind has certainly accounted for building ac- MidOcean Wind and Hornblower Wind- tied to the boat tivity of vessels such as HOS Rocinate. Another recent operator, was delivered from St. Johns Ship Building (lo- milestone was the mid-May christening of ECO Edison, a cated in Palatka, Fla). The yard was purchased in 2022 by service operations vessel (SOV) built by Edison Chouest, Americraft Marine (linked to the Logothetis family’s Libra which will be deployed by Ørsted / Eversource’s projects at Marine). A third CTV is under construction for Windea.

South Fork Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind for Wind farm construction has been bedeviled by recent operations and maintenance. Edison Chouest is construct- cancellations of power purchase agreements, as well as un- ing another SOV, which will feature a supplemental bat- certainties about potential policy shifts (with the upcom- tery power capability, to be deployed at Equinor’s Empire ing election on participants’ radar). However, offshore

Wind project on a 10-year charter. Windea Enterprise, wind has also provided a catalyst for construction to sup- the second of three crew transfer vessels (CTV) ordered port the vital- but not widely publicized, undersea part of by Windea CTV, a partnership of investment packager the business. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), best

Empire State, built by Philly

Shipyard, is the ? rst in a series of ? ve NSMVs built for MARAD.

Philly Shipyard

Edison Chouest Offshore’s ECO

Edison is the ? rst newbuild

SOV in the United States.

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