September 2007
The second 2007 annual Officers' seminar took place on the 5th and 6th of September 2007 in Divonne (France). This particular event, part of the communication system within Bourbon Offshore Greenmar, is always a chance to share concerns and ideas between Officers and Office personnel.
It was an opportunity to highlight the difficulties met in the Management of our Operations - QHSE - Technical - Crew and use the attendance / speakers experience, background or ideas to find solutions and improvement. The seminar ended in a general positive feeling with hte hope the objectives fixed will be achieved.
Waiting for the 2008 seminars...
03 Jun 2007
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16 April 2007 -Panama
by Sylvain Gautier
Xicalango is the Maya name for the inhabitants of Tabasco, a province of the Yucatan in the Gulf of Mexico. And so, in their honour, was named the last in the series of ten PSV GPA 670s, a DP2 Rexpeller built at Ningbo China. Having departed from China on 20th January, the "Chica" arrived at Panama after a historic, incident free, crossing of the North Pacific. 35 days at an average speed of 10.5 knots; nothing exceptional .... unless it was the fuel consumption: 36 litres per mile! This excellent low fuel consumption was not the sole outstanding point: the "Chica" used only one of its three Cummins 1900 KW generators. The young lady is certainly not greedy - a big plus for her commercial operations. Still a week cruise in the Caribbean before arriving at her final destination, the port of Tampico.
Bourbon Rhesos Christening
November 2006 – Singapore
Great event in Singapore this month: the newbuilding anchor handling tug vessel Bourbon Rhesos was taken under management by Bourbon Offshore Greenmar. This is a great event because it’s the 10th vessel managed by our company. The christening ceremony was very special as Yvette became the Godmother of the Bourbon Rhesos. With such a Godmother it’s sure that the crew will be safe and the vessel will be successful.
Bourbon Leda Departs for Luanda 2 June 2006 - Mobile, Alabama
All the crew was on board the vessel by the 2nd of June 2006. The familiarisation with the vessel was very short for them. All spare parts, additional equipment, food for the long trip, etc., were received during this short period. The crew spent the entire weekend checking all spares, storing them in their correct locations and making inventories. An additional sea trial was performed with all crew on the 5th of June, which allowed them to get familiarised with the vessel at sea, and to face the first small problems. The long trip to Africa was planned with only one call - at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The vessel left the yard on the 7th of June at 10h00. During her way down Mobile Bay, a meeting point was arranged with a photographer to shoot her in the open sea. The vessel reached Port of Spain on the 14th of June and after a call a little longer than planned put to sea again for the longest leg of the voyage. The ETA at Luanda of the Bourbon Leda is the 2nd of July. I should like to thank the crew for the very good cooperation and quick adaptation to the vessel, especially in respect of safety procedures.
May 2006 - Gulf of Mexico
In sunny Gulf of Mexico weather
conditions, the Bourbon Leda successfully
ran her sea trials.
The vessel left the C&G boat works
yard at 8.30 am, and sailed down
Mobile Bay to reach open waters in
the Gulf. After a
warm up of the
engines, the vessel
was run at full
power for 4
hours. Except for
dealing with
some small adjustments
and
leaks, no other deficiencies were
noted. With the throttles at 100%,
the maximum speed obtained was
20 knots. A strong surge of power is
felt when the throttles are pushed
to 100% ahead with no delay on
the follow-up from the engines.
Manoeuvrability of the vessel is
excellent - using the outboard engines
a 360° turn can be rapidly
executed. Cruising speed on two
engines is 15 knots. A crash stop
test and a comprehensive evaluation
of the steering
gear were successfully
carried out.
After a pleasant
day’s sea trials, the
vessel was back at
the yard by 4.30
pm where a typical
American lunch
was offered by the builders. Now
we are just waiting for the crew to
take over the vessel and to prepare
her for the voyage to Africa – a
long haul across the Atlantic.
April 2006 - Tampico, Mexico
Bourbon Artemis finally completed her voyage to Mexico and berthed at Tampico port on the 27th of April. The vessel had transited the Suez Canal and called at Gibraltar for refuelling and a crew change. She deviated from her course to perform a spot charter offshore Mississippi before finally arriving safely in Mexican waters. She will soon fly the Mexican flag and embark her new Mexican crew. It has been a pleasure to cooperate closely with our new partner Naviera Bourbon Tamaulipas during the delivery voyage. An excellent working relationship was established and we wish both the Bourbon Artemis and Naviera Bourbon Tamaulipas safe and successful operations."