{"id":12364,"date":"2025-06-30T20:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=12364"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:02:38","slug":"eco-liberty-first-u-s-built-plug-in-hybrid-sov-named-in-nola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=12364","title":{"rendered":"ECO Liberty,  first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    ECO Liberty,  first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a ceremony held in New Orleans this past Saturday, Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry officially christened the Edison Chouest-built hybrid SOV <em>ECO Liberty<\/em>. The ceremony marked the culmination of a major investment in the U.S. shipbuilding industry by Equinor, the developer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/trump-lifts-empire-wind-stop-work-order\">Empire Wind <\/a>offshore wind project.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, Sharon and I had the honor of attending the christening for Edison Chouest\u2019s ECO vessel. This ship is an example of Louisiana\u2019s greatness. <\/p>\n<p>The maritime industry began the economy of Louisiana, and today is symbolic of the Trump Administration\u2019s quest of ensuring that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rUZRwtKz04\">pic.twitter.com\/rUZRwtKz04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAGovJeffLandry\/status\/1939100107854553410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speakers at the event included Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, along with leaders from Equinor and Edison Chouest Offshore. A proclamation signed by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell declaring June 28 as <em>ECO Libert<\/em>y Day was presented during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>ECO Liberty <\/em>was built by Edison Chouest Offshore by more than 500 Louisianans and showcases the critical role of Gulf Coast manufacturing companies in strengthening the supply chain for offshore energy. The vessel was built with American steel and includes components from companies in several Gulf Coast states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ECO Liberty showcases the positive impact Empire Wind is having on the American economy,\u201d said Molly Morris, president of Equinor Renewables Americas. \u201cEquinor is grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Louisiana\u2019s world-class shipbuilding industry as we support the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts to expand U.S. vessel manufacturing. This vessel reflects how offshore wind can create durable, high-quality jobs while building out a homegrown energy supply chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 262-foot plug-in hybrid-powered ECO Liberty will soon depart for New York, where it will be homeported at New York\u2019s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, where more than 2,000 workers have been put to work constructing a next-generation staging facility, O&amp;M base, and control center for Empire Wind.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>ECO Liberty <\/em>will be deployed to support ongoing marine construction in the lease area and eventually serve as the floating home for Empire Wind workers when stationed offshore. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/eco-liberty-first-u-s-built-plug-in-hybrid-sov-named-in-nola\/\">ECO Liberty,  first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/eco-liberty-first-u-s-built-plug-in-hybrid-sov-named-in-nola\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=eco-liberty-first-u-s-built-plug-in-hybrid-sov-named-in-nola\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECO Liberty, first U.S.-built plug-in hybrid SOV named in NOLA In a ceremony held in New Orleans this past Saturday, Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry officially christened the Edison Chouest-built hybrid SOV ECO Liberty. The ceremony marked the culmination of a major investment in the U.S. shipbuilding industry by Equinor, the developer of the Empire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5058,1110,234,5059,192,1808,199,54,58,5060],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-12364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-liberty","category-edison-chouest-offshore","category-equinor","category-jeff-landry","category-marinelog","category-molly-morris","category-news","category-offshore","category-offshore-wind","category-sharon-landry","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}