Hornbeck purchases three supply vessels at auction
Feb. 7, 2022
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. has acquired three high-spec offshore supply vessels from the US Maritime Administration.
(Courtesy Hornbeck Offshore Services)
Offshore staff
COVINGTON, Louisiana – Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. has acquired three high-spec offshore supply vessels (OSV) from the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) for an undisclosed amount of cash.
They are US-flagged, Jones Act-qualified, 280 class DP-2 OSVs with capacities of circa 4,600 dwt. Upon delivery from MARAD, the company expects to conduct reactivation and regulatory drydockings of all three vessels.
President and CEO Todd Hornbeck said: “Built by Eastern Shipbuilding in 2013 and 2014 to a design specification and with components that are very compatible with our other ‘Tiger Shark Class’ vessels, these particular ships are excellent candidates for deployment in the growing US domestic offshore wind industry, as well as for potential conversion to military or other non-oilfield, non-wind specialty applications.”
