looks like the NY Investment bunch who bought the company from the Guidys is on the more to give HOS a run for the 2nd place seat in the GoM service vessel buiz.
Harvey Gulf International Marine announced that it has signed long term charters for 3 of its LNG powered Offshore Supply Vessels, making Harvey Gulf the first company to build and contract Liquefied Natural Gas powered Offshore Support Vessels for Deepwater Exploration and Production in America. The HARVEY ENERGY, HARVEY POWER and HARVEY LIBERTY will begin providing deepwater OSV services immediately upon delivery in 2013 and 2014.
Harvey Gulf also announced that it took delivery of its final Tiger-Shark Class 300’ Offshore Supply Vessel, the HARVEY CHAMPION, on August 8, 2012. Immediately following delivery, the CHAMPION began a multi-year charter for operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Harvey Gulf’s CEO, Shane Guidry, says that he was able to appreciate, years before his competitors, the advantage of using LNG for his Vessels’ fuel source. According to Mr. Guidry “The operations savings, coupled the stringent emissions rules that begin in August and will increase over the coming years, will put our customers in the best possible position to operate. In additional running on cleaner and cheaper natural gas, customers will not have to depend on Scrubber Systems using particulate filters and Urea, which can increase the cost of fuel by as much as 30 percent. Mr. Guidry also believes that LNG Vessels will assist in making it possible customers to drill in the Eastern Gulf in the near future, where permitting is likely to require the best available technology and practices for containment of emissions.
Harvey Gulf also announced that it contracted with a shipyard to construct a dry-dock measuring 320’ x 120’ x 12’, with 9000 Long tons of lifting capacity. Mr. Guidry commented “with a fleet of 32 deepwater vessels and 6 additional ones on the drawing board, the dock will lower our maintenance and repair costs and reduce vessel downtime by eliminating delays from limited availability of dry-docks for high deadweight capacity vessels.” When the dock delivers in 2013, it will be placed at one of the two terminals the company is building in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Harvey Gulf will also provide dry-dock related services to other vessel operators.
Thinking that the time is drawing near when they’re going to be forced to make Fourchon bigger and fix that goddamned channel to allow more room for these big assed vessels coming. The port is already too small.
[QUOTE=justaboatdriver;78759]Aren’t there plans for a slip C in flotation canal?[/QUOTE]
This article was in the New Orleans Time Picayune three years ago and had this map. I would think the plan is now changed. Will see what else I can find
If Fourchon continues to expand along the Flotation Canal another inlet must be dredged! There is too much vessel traffic in Bell Pass now. The massive expansion of the port to accommodate larger vessels (like Harvey’s) disregarding the fact that there is but one inlet is foolish.
I’m interested to see where he’s gonna put his new drydock. I know they have a dock in slip B but where is this other terminal they have? Will they build a dry dock shed like Gary did for the 72 pick up? Once they dredge the bayou all the way to the road I guess they can dredge slips on the north side of flotation canal. I’m wondering how much of a pain in the ass this LNG thing is going to be. The vessels will be dual fuel. How long before they just run diesel and abandon LNG? With all of these coal power plants closing down at some point in the future gas prices will go up. Another thing that interests me is this Wall Street capital firm. When do other WS sharks see the next bubble and start propping up some of these smaller outfits? If that happens we will be up to our armpits in 300+ foot OSV’s. Cue up the next bust cycle and we will all be doing the Dualla death run for crew change.
You’re spot on right there! No question in my mind that the channel is so narrow, curved and shallow too allow the port to grown much larger. There’s already too much traffic and with vessel sizes growing as they are, there will not be room for all of them. I have heard that there is a plan on paper to widen and straighten the channel where it starts to curve at the Tank Battery to the intersection where a triangular turning basin would be. I would also hope that the channel would be widened all the way north to the intersection with the Floatation Canal. What I have always hated is that the entrance into the Canal is so narrow and is a pure 90 degrees. They need to cut the inside corner there. Of course, the whole shitteroo needs to be dredged. Way too many shallow patches in LaFlush! I have also heard that there is a longterm plan to develop a 2nd port on the west side of the Bayou!
If you ask me, I think the whole Floatation Canal and A & B slips was kind of a bad idea. What they should have done imo was to cut another Halliburton type slip just to the north of C-Port 1 then another one north of that and on as needed. But too late now just like the bloody bridge at Leeville. Who designs these things?
Anyway…this is the port I’d like to see someday, but then again I’d like to never see Fourchon ever again!
Great, and long overdue, ideas to improve Fourchon. The vessel’s are quickly out-growing, or have already out grown much of the ports infrastructure. As an aside, I’d love to see some dolphins along a dredged west bank for vessel’s to stand-by on. Many boats have to hunt for spots or head all the way up to Floatation to s/b. A lot of traffic issues could be resolved with adequate room room to s/b.
[QUOTE=threewhistles;78820]Great, and long overdue, ideas to improve Fourchon. The vessel’s are quickly out-growing, or have already out grown much of the ports infrastructure. As an aside, I’d love to see some dolphins along a dredged west bank for vessel’s to stand-by on. Many boats have to hunt for spots or head all the way up to Floatation to s/b. A lot of traffic issues could be resolved with adequate room room to s/b.[/QUOTE]
Of course, it is all great on paper but the problem is doing all this with the port still working! Not so easily done under those conditions but for the very long term I certainly believe it’s necessary.
[QUOTE=c.captain;78821]Of course, it is all great on paper but the problem is doing all this with the port still working! Not so easily done under those conditions but for the very long term I certainly believe it’s necessary.[/QUOTE]
and what’s going to happen when a Katrina like storm hits? What is plan B?
[QUOTE=tengineer;78822]and what’s going to happen when a Katrina like storm hits? What is plan B?[/QUOTE]
Well with all that spoil, they could certainly build levee’s around the port and for the entrance a barrier which would be basically a huge floating caisson (or two) which would be moved into position by tugs and flooded till it sits on the bottom. There has been talk of doing that with the Houma Nav Canal down by Dulac to block the flow of water north in a big storm.
[QUOTE=Fraqrat;78777]I’m interested to see where he’s gonna put his new drydock. I know they have a dock in slip B but where is this other terminal they have? Will they build a dry dock shed like Gary did for the 72 pick up? Once they dredge the bayou all the way to the road I guess they can dredge slips on the north side of flotation canal. I’m wondering how much of a pain in the ass this LNG thing is going to be. The vessels will be dual fuel. How long before they just run diesel and abandon LNG? With all of these coal power plants closing down at some point in the future gas prices will go up. Another thing that interests me is this Wall Street capital firm. When do other WS sharks see the next bubble and start propping up some of these smaller outfits? If that happens we will be up to our armpits in 300+ foot OSV’s. Cue up the next bust cycle and we will all be doing the Dualla death run for crew change.[/QUOTE]
I got a chuckle on the Dualla Death Run … ! Yes, and I remember 1986-1987 Bust in the Bayou too …
But more serously, I think the LNG thing is going to be here to stay. I personally thought it was a novelty until this year. We are seeing a lot more vessels being built with LNG due to charterers’ requirements, or the desire to avoid fitting scrubbers for Special Areas or IMO Tier III / EPA Tier IV. Particularly the big vessels used for field development.
The only real bottleneck will be LNG refueling facilities, and already there is a lot of planning and building going on for that in the background. Just something in the back of my (feeble) mind telling me this LNG will be a trend that slowly sticks and will not fade out. Suggest watch that space …
[QUOTE=threewhistles;78820]Great, and long overdue, ideas to improve Fourchon. The vessel’s are quickly out-growing, or have already out grown much of the ports infrastructure. As an aside, I’d love to see some dolphins along a dredged west bank for vessel’s to stand-by on. Many boats have to hunt for spots or head all the way up to Floatation to s/b. A lot of traffic issues could be resolved with adequate room room to s/b.[/QUOTE]
Me personally, I would like to see the powers to be get that Pool Rig shit out of Halliburton slip. That is such a pain in the ass with those sitting there!
[QUOTE=Capt Brian;79149]Me personally, I would like to see the powers to be get that Pool Rig shit out of Halliburton slip. That is such a pain in the ass with those sitting there![/QUOTE]
Good Lord…those STILL there!?! The legs of those must be 15’ into the muck by now. How in the name of God has the port allowed this to continue? They could afford to just buy those pieces of scrap iron outright just to clear the channel. What company has the least on that parcel?
Neighbors drilling. They use them for training I think, I’ve seen them actually use the cranes to move stuff around. What I don’t understand is why they insist on staying in the piece of land when I’m sure something much cheaper could be had some where else, unless they have a 99 year lease.
1 moved out earlier in the year and another back in a few weeks ago. The guys on the yard say they are getting them ready to do work removing the shallow platforms that have to be taken up.
