Belle Chasse Marine Transportation

Founded in 1960, Edison Chouest Offshore is one of the leading offshore vessel service companies in the United States. The company provides in-house design and development, fleet management, project planning and material handling services. It owns and operates a fleet of more than 300 research vessels that offer support to the U.S. Gulf deepwater markets. Edison Chouest Offshore has a staff of over 3,000 trained professionals throughout the world. The company conducts employee training programs that include accident prevention, employee awareness and health protection sessions. Edison Chouest Offshore maintains its corporate headquarters in Galliano, La.

Founded in 1974, Y&S Marine Inc. is one of the prime providers of marine transportation for the Gulf Coast s oil and gas industry. Located in Belle Chasse, La., it provides crewboat services for some of the leading companies, including Apache, Baker, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, devon, EPL, ExxonMobil, Gulf, Helis Oil & Gas Company, Hess, Texaco. The company has a fleet of offshore vessels, each of which is maintained with regular improvements to equipment and technology. Y&S Marine has developed behavior-based safety program, SHARK (Safely Heightening Actions by Review and Knowledge) to facilitate documentation of the activities of the team members, customers and vendors. The data obtained is assessed in order to identify areas of at-risk behavior.

Hornbeck Offshore Services is one of the leading providers of offshore supply vessels in the United States. It also transports petroleum products through its fleet of tugs and tank barges in Northeast and Puerto Rico. The company owns and operates a fleet of more than 50 vessels, and serves the offshore oil and gas industry. It focuses on various exploration and production activities, including deepwater and deep well projects. The company s vessels serve exploratory and developmental drilling rigs and production facilities, and also support offshore construction and maintenance activities. Its clients include oil companies, large oil and gas refineries, development and production companies, and oil service industries. Hornbeck Offshore Services is located in Covington, La.