Offshore vessel builds still down in Gulf's saturated market

摘要

Only a handful of sup­ ply， platform and other large offshorevessels will be produced inthe United States this yearas builders remain affectedby the global oil downturn of2014. Crew boat productionis almost nil.When oil prices sankfour years ago， plenty oforders for newbuilds werein the pipeline. Forty-threeoffshore vessels were produced nationally in 2015，followed by 21 in 2016. Aflurry of construction hasleft the Gulf of Mexicofullof these boats. Vessels arebeing scrapped and retired，or stacked for future use.Others are being convertedfor new purposes. Gulfshipbuilders have been inand out of bankruptcy， andthey’ve consolidated.