In January 2025, Xenos Marine acquired the VB-10,000 heavy lift vessel. The ship was renamed TX-10,000 at a christening ceremony in Galveston earlier this week.
The vessel arrived at the Gulf Copper facility in Galveston during January for dry docking and preparation ahead of the 2025 work season. This critical phase ensures the vessel is primed and ready to tackle the challenges of offshore decommissioning in the Gulf of Mexico, said Xenos Marine.
The Jones Act-compliant vessel has a lifting capacity of 7,500 tons (6,804 tonnes). It is a twin-gantry catamaran with two truss space frames atop two barges. It was developed to clear debris from toppled oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring 76 ft x 110 ft x 111 ft (23.2 m x 33.5 m x 33.9 m), it is the largest lift vessel ever built in the USA.
