New OSVs Designed for the Future - Rigdon Marine uses modern construction techniques and diesel electric propulsion systems for latest generation vessels

摘要

With an underutilized fleet of supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico, oil companies and their contract drillers can pick and choose the vessels they use to resupply their rigs and platforms. Today there are simply too many supply boats chasing a declining number of active rigs. Day rates have declined almost 20% in the last year, This situation will surely cause operators of big fleets to trim back considerably, Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S A., already announced in April they were writing off 83 of their "cold-stacked" fleet of supply boats.