# Didnt see that coming **URL:** \ **Category:** Offshore\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039 "2014-02-04T18:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gulf\_engineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@gulf\_engineer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/gulf_engineer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/1 "2014-02-04T18:10:49Z")
> **[Edison Chouest acquires Bee Mar Platform Supply Vessels](http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6207:edison-chouest-acquires-bee-mar-platform-supply-vessels&Itemid=222)** > > FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, has acquired 'effectively all of the assets' of the fleet of Bee Mar, LLC, Broussard, LA... ---
**Author:** ![xcorps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/858c86/32.png) [@xcorps](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/xcorps)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/2 "2014-02-04T19:12:42Z")
I know a few of the Bee-mar guys from the first round that ended up with HGIM. All of them said they were going back to Bee Mar. Now I guess none of them are. ---
**Author:** ![xcorps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/858c86/32.png) [@xcorps](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/xcorps)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/3 "2014-02-04T19:14:22Z")
And if the first group of Bee Mar boats are any indication of this current batch, they are welcome to them. This first batch is garbage. ---
**Author:** ![coldduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@coldduck](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/coldduck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/4 "2014-02-04T22:32:13Z")
That messed up some guys plans for sure. ---
**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/5 "2014-02-05T05:10:53Z")
Heard about this last month and thought surely it’s just scuttlebutt…guess not ---
**Author:** ![Saltine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Saltine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Saltine)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/6 "2014-02-05T06:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=rigdvr;130055]Heard about this last month and thought surely it’s just scuttlebutt…guess not[/QUOTE] Quite some time back I talked with some of the folks at Beemar and they said these boats were going to be much nicer than the previous boats they sold. The previous batch were built purely on speculation hoping somebody would buy them before they were ready and no one did. So they were built to meet DP-2 requirements but were built as cheap as possible so Bollinger could make the most amount of money. I heard a few rumors shore side and the consistent story was that Chouest bought these boats to keep his market share by prohibiting Harvey Gulf from purchasing them. It looks as if Harvey Gulf has begun to get under ECO’s skin a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![txh2oman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@txh2oman](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/txh2oman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/7 "2014-02-05T19:10:08Z")
Never been aboard one of Bee boats, but they sure aren’t pretty. I did think it was cool that Bollinger built them (wasn’t it basically to keep the shipyard guys employed during the downturn?). ---
**Author:** ![kfj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kfj](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/kfj)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/8 "2014-02-05T21:14:45Z")
Thats the story ive heard ---
**Author:** ![SoCalSalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SoCalSalt](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/SoCalSalt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/9 "2014-02-07T14:29:58Z")
Wouldn’t surprise me if this is Old Man Gary’s first hint at taking over Bollinger all together. Aside from the Beemar boats, their biggest projects are the coast guard cutters. What better way to get the USCG further into your pocket than to design build their vessels… ---
**Author:** ![Saltine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Saltine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Saltine)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/10 "2014-02-09T16:29:23Z")
[QUOTE=SoCalSalt;130285]Wouldn’t surprise me if this is Old Man Gary’s first hint at taking over Bollinger all together. Aside from the Beemar boats, their biggest projects are the coast guard cutters. What better way to get the USCG further into your pocket than to design build their vessels…[/QUOTE] Interesting thought. If ECO were to but Bollinger Shipyards they could effectively reduce the dry docking faculties substantially for their competitors. HGIM, HOS, etc… would have limited places to lift their vessels. Buying Bollinger is definitely one way to cripple your competitors without purchasing or building one more vessel. ---
**Author:** ![KrustySalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ec8ea/32.png) [@KrustySalt](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KrustySalt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/11 "2014-02-09T21:52:47Z")
They didn’t buy the shipyard, just the vessels they were building. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/12 "2014-02-09T21:59:06Z")
Isn’t the chouest mentality to only build for themselves, not others? That business model wouldn’t work for bollinger from my perspective, way too much tug/barge, gummint work among others. ---
**Author:** ![captrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@captrob](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captrob)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/13 "2014-02-10T04:28:39Z")
They’e only rarely bought from outside. Liftboats and the 145 Bollinger mini supplys come to mind. They flipped the minis pretty quickly. To Seacor as I recall. Pretty sure Gary has a plan that will make a pretty ROI for him. ---
**Author:** ![Saltine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Saltine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Saltine)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/14 "2014-02-10T05:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=KrustySalt;130415]They didn’t buy the shipyard, just the vessels they were building.[/QUOTE] I realize he didn’t buy the shipyard. My comment was that if he were to purchase the shipyard he could cut his competitors off at the knees. While I don’t think he would ever purchase Bollinger he surely wouldn’t keep doing repair work for others if he did. He would probably use the yard to build more vessels for ECO. ---
**Author:** ![KrustySalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ec8ea/32.png) [@KrustySalt](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KrustySalt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/15 "2014-02-10T06:56:56Z")
I don’t think Bollinger would sell to ECO. ---
**Author:** ![Jemplayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jemplayer/32/523_2.png) [@Jemplayer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jemplayer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/16 "2014-02-12T22:37:08Z")
Wouldn’t be surprised if Seacor ended up managing them like they do those anchor boats. ---
**Author:** ![seadonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@seadonkey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/17 "2014-02-12T23:20:00Z")
Engineer said the the same thing the other day. Did, or do seacore mariners crew those boats? ---
**Author:** ![coldduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@coldduck](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/coldduck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/18 "2014-02-12T23:25:51Z")
> [@"Jemplayer"](#): > > Wouldn’t be surprised if Seacor ended up managing them like they do those anchor boats. Doesn’t Seacor actually own those boats? They are crewed and managed by Chouest. ---
**Author:** ![seadonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@seadonkey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/19 "2014-02-13T12:14:37Z")
I guess that’s my question as well. The engineer was telling me all about it, but I don’t remember who crews them. It was more or less a “Gary can do wrong this is another way he is stacking paper” story ---
**Author:** ![gulf\_engineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@gulf\_engineer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/gulf_engineer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039/20 "2014-02-13T14:29:35Z")
> [@"coldduck"](#): > > Doesn’t Seacor actually own those boats? They are crewed and managed by Chouest. Yes as far as I know. Seacor owned, Chouest crewed. [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/didnt-see-that-coming/12039.md?page=2)