Shane Guidry, the chief executive of Harvey Gulf International Marine, has big plans for his offshore vessel company.

“I want to grow Harvey into the safest, number one [offshore vessel] company in the world, and the largest one, if possible,” he told TradeWinds.

But, as he describes it, he is not just going to build his way there. The boss of this US Gulf of Mexico (GoM)-focused outfit is out to buy market share on the way to joining the ranks of publicly traded offshore vessel owners active both in the protected US GoM market and in foreign trades.

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