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Article: 'Crewzer' weight: new crewboat design offers a speedy water alternative to copters.(Boats & Gear)
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- Workboat
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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A fog has rolled in off the Gulf of Mexico and the choppers aren't flying. You're facing a long, rough 120-mile crewboat ride to the rig and a tough transfer situation when you arrive. But if your company is a customer of Houma, La.-based SEACOR Marine, you may be in luck.
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You and up to 149 co-workers could be taking a three-hour cruise in the computer-ride-controlled SEACOR Cheetah, doing business on your cell phone, checking e-mail, and surfing the Internet the entire trip. And when you get there, you'll take a seat in boat's "elevator" for a ride up to the platform.
Clearly, this is not your father's oilfield ...