CURRENT NEWS
BREAKING NEWS - Saigon Shipyard • 17 August 2011
Levingston completes the delivery of the fourth 320E liftboat from Saigon Shipyard.
Offshore India • 14-16 September 2011
Connect with Ron Sanders at the Offshore India show in Mumbai, India on September 14 - 16, 2011. There he will be showcasing the 415WC, the world's largest and fastest Liftboat. To-scale models of the Levingston 320E and the 415WC will be there for you to view. Please visit us at India Offshore, India's first offshore oil & gas convention. Visit Offshore India's website
Middle East Workboats • 3-5 October 2011
Levingston returns to the Seatrade Middle East Workboats Exhibition & Conference at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Please visit us at booth G1 to view the 320E and 415WC models, Levingston & EBI's world class jacking system, and Levingston & RAM's Leg-Encircling Crane. Visit Middle East Workboats' website
Ponchatoula, Louisiana, June 16, 2011.
On June 16, 2011, The Levingston Corporation, Elevating Boats LLC and many other members of the Alliance Partners came together at the ribbon cutting ceremony in Ponchatoula, Louisiana at Elevating Boats' new facility. Here they celebrate their new opportunities, success, and jobs that have been generated by the world's largest liftboat, the Levingston 415WC.
Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, spoke on behalf of the State of Louisiana and the Department of Economic Development congratulating all of Levingston's Alliance Partnerships success at the ribbon cutting ceremony. Watch Video
After Governor Jindal's address, CEO of Elevating Boats LLC, Ken Serigne, elaborates on the expansion of the facility and what services it will provide for the world's largest liftboat, the Levingston 415WC. Watch Video
Chairman and CEO, Ron Sanders, enlightens the audience as he talks about the history and legacy of the offshore oil and gas industry and what the people of Louisiana have contributed to the development of today's industry standards. Watch Video
Ponchatoula, Louisiana, May 13, 2011.
PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co., Ltd. of Singapore, Singapore and The Levingston Corporation, Boerne, Texas, USA announced today that they have signed a Letter of Intent to build a Levingston designed 415WC (World Class) with an option for one additional similar vessel for an undisclosed contract value. The announcement was made at the new Elevating Boats LLC’s (EBI) facility at Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
The Levingston 415WC Jack-up MOU (Mobile Offshore Unit) will be the world’s largest liftboat with 415 feet of legs, an open deck area of 18,300 square feet (1,700 square meters), a net deck load capacity of 1,654 tons (1,500 metric tonnes) with accommodations for 100 personnel including navigation crew. This vessel follows in the footsteps of the Levingston 320E, the world’s current largest liftboat. Levingston has delivered three of a six-vessel contract based on the 320E design with the remaining deliveries scheduled to be completed June 2012. The 415WC vessel will have the fastest, high capacity Levingston-EBI 12-tooth pinion jacking system along with the Levingston-RAM Leg Encircling Crane with 300 metric tonne capacity. This vessel will be designed to work in harsh environments and with this design the accommodations may be increased to meet additional customer’s needs. Read More
The Levingston 415WC Jack-up MOU shall be provided with, if required, the option of a modular workover/drilling facility (mounted on a cantilever structure) to support offshore workover operations. The cantilever shall be equipped with state-of-art workover/drilling equipment package, and hydraulically skidded out of the bow of the vessel. When the vessel is not required to be in workover operation mode, the cantilever structure shall be removed to onshore storage. Alternatively, modular workover/drilling equipment can be set on the platform using the 415WC’s crane if the customer does not use cantilever beams.
According to Ken Serigne, CEO of EBI, “we are pleased to jointly announce the start of the new generation of liftboats. Through our long-term relationship with Levingston, we have developed the new industry standard in world-class liftboat design. In combination with Levingston and using EBI’s proven jacking system, this will bring a new level of versatility for the offshore industry. Using our jacking system, the Levingston 415WC will simply be the fastest, high capacity liftboat in the world. It is greatly gratifying to see this accomplishment.”
Further, Ronald Sanders, CEO and Chairman of Levingston, stated, “it is a great day to announce the start of a new era for the American inspired liftboat industry and more specifically the Louisiana inspired liftboat industry. It gives me a great sense of pride to see this evolutionary and revolutionary liftboat industry well accepted in the world offshore industry. Along with our alliance partners, we will continue to be the world leader in liftboat technologies. We are extremely pleased to be working with PaxOcean to build the Levingston 415WC.”
In addition to EBI and Ram Crane, The Levingston Corporation has been able to meet the challenging needs of the global market through their co-operation with GL Noble Denton, Jackup Structures Alliance and Alabama Roll Products. The Levingston 415WC will be ABS Classed.
PaxOcean will build the vessels in their Zhoushan shipyard located in the People’s Republic of China. Zhoushan Island is located about 17 nautical miles from Yangshan Port in Shanghai. The yard is composed of 173 acres with 36 acres in shop areas and has two of the world’s largest drydocks (No.1 dock: 400m x 106m x 13.7m, No.2 dock: 380m x 80m x 13.7m). The fabrication areas, dry dock facilities, overhead cranes with other yard features, provide the shipyard with the key features to build the Levingston 415WC.
February 2011
Levingston delivers third Levingston 320E to major Singaporean offshore operator.
April 2010
Singapore operator signs contract for two Levingston 320E designs. This represents a total of six Levingston 320E designs to the same Singapore operator.
January 2010
First Levingston 320E delivered to Singaporean operator.
April 2008
Levingston CEO Ronald Sanders has just retuned from Abu Dhabi where he spoke at the Middle East Workboat Exhibition, the first ever to be held in the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Sanders addressed the convention goers on the status of the world markets and the future impact that liftboats will play in those markets.
February 2008
Singapore operator exercises option to build two additional Levingston 320E designs.
July 2007
Levingston signs contract for two Levingston 320E designs with an option for two additional vessels with a major Singapore offshore operator.
August 2005
Levingston awarded contract to design two liftboats for a major Chinese Offshore Operator. Both liftboats are based on the Levingston 260E class. This marks a first for China, as no liftboats have ever been built there. Both will be ABS Classed.