Horizon Maritime

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Horizon Maritime Services Ltd
IndustryOffshore services
Founded2015
FoundersSean Leet, Steve Widmeyer [1]
Headquarters
St. John's, N.L., Canada
Website horizonmaritime.com

Horizon Maritime Services Ltd is a company which provides vessels and offshore services for arctic duty in Canada and Norway. It is based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and its joint ventures include partnerships with two First Nations, the Miawpukek (as Miawpukek Horizon Maritime Services) and the Heiltsuk (as Heiltsuk Horizon); in addition, Horizon operates joint ventures with Kotug as Kotug Canada and with Bourbon as Bourbon Horizon.

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History

Horizon Maritime was started in spring 2015, offering services out of Halifax and Mulgrave, Nova Scotia; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; and Fort McMurray, Alberta. [2] It was co-founded by Sean Leet and Steve Widmeyer, with funding from CFFI Ventures, owned by John Risley. [3] The Canadian offshore services market is served by Horizon, Atlantic Towing, Maersk Supply Service, and Secunda Canada. [4]

Initially, Horizon was headquartered in Halifax and provided ship crews for other companies. [5] Horizon acquired its first ship, platform supply vessel MV Horizon Star, in August 2017 for US$45 million; [4] it was ordered as IES Energy by IES Pioneer [6] and launched in 2015 at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Norway, but never was delivered. [7] Horizon Star was christened by Jodie Thornton, married to Horizon executive vice-president Steve Widmeyer, on August 3, 2017 near Ultsteinvik, Norway, and delivered to Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador two weeks later. [3] [5] Horizon Star was sold to the government of Australia in 2022, which renamed it ADV Reliant. [8]

Horizon acquired Tidewater Enabler from Tidewater in November 2018; the multipurpose ship had been finished in 2010 by STX Offshore in Norway and was renamed to Horizon Enabler. [9] In March 2019, Horizon purchased anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) Bourbon Arctic for US$41.5 million and renamed the ship Horizon Arctic. [4]

Heiltsuk Horizon was formed in May 2018 as a joint venture to bid on a contract to lease two emergency towing vessels to the Canadian Coast Guard. [10] After losing the bid, Heiltsuk Horizon filed a complaint with the Canadian International Trade Tribunal which asserted the winning bidder, Atlantic Towing, had switched the proposed ship masters with less-experienced ones. [11] The Miawpukek Horizon joint venture was launched in June 2020 after recruiting and developing First Nations sailors. [12]

The Miawpukek Horizon joint venture purchased MV Polar Prince (Oqwatnukewey Eleke'wi'ji'jit in Mi'kmaq) in 2021 [13] and operates it as a training ship for its cadets. [14] The ship also has been leased to Students on Ice [15] [16] and OceanGate for excursions. [17]

Horizon also has entered industry partnerships with Kotug International (as Kotug Canada, 2019) [18] and Bourbon (as Horizon Bourbon, 2023). [19] Kotug Canada mostly operates smaller tugboats; [20] in 2021, Kotug Canada acquired the AHTS MV Siem Commander from Secunda Canada [21] and renamed it K.J. Gardner, [lower-alpha 1] which is owned by Kotug and operated by Horizon. [22]

Horizon Maritime fleet [23]
NameImageTypeBuiltOperatedNotes
MV Horizon Arctic 2022-08-21 02 HORIZON ARCTIC - IMO 9732838.jpg Anchor handling tug supply vessel 20152019–Formerly Bourbon Arctic; acquired from Bourbon in March 2019 [24]
MV Horizon Enabler [lower-alpha 2] Offshore supply vessel 20102018–Horizon Enabler carries one ROV (Triton XLX) and is equipped with a 100 t (110 short tons) revolving crane. [26]
MV Horizon Star [lower-alpha 3] Offshore supply vessel 20152017–2022Horizon Star is similar in purpose and configuration to Horizon Enabler; [27] sold in 2022 and renamed to ADV Reliant.
MV Polar Prince Lunenburg Fishing Boat Yards 1 (cropped).jpg Icebreaker 19592021–Formerly CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert; acquired in 2021 and serves as a dedicated training ship for Miawpukek Horizon cadets
MV Horizon Glacier [lower-alpha 4] Ice-strengthened tugboat 20112018–Built by GFFM LeClerc as Cercle Polaire; [28] later renamed to Halifax Tugger
MV Horizon Chinook [lower-alpha 5] Ice-strengthened tugboat20182018–Built by Chantier Meridien Industrie [29]
MV Horizon Aurora Ice-strengthened tugboat20182018–

Notes

  1. ↑ K.J. Gardner, [22] IMO number:  9420150, MMSI number: 316040483
  2. ↑ Horizon Enabler: IMO number:  9440203, [25] MMSI number: 314627000
  3. ↑ Horizon Star: IMO number:  9752254, MMSI number: 503000206
  4. ↑ Horizon Glacier, registration number C19246QC
  5. ↑ Horizon Chinook, registration number C28463NS

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