In spite of the fact that Bourbon Offshore, one of the world's largest offshore carriers, managed to keep its revenue on par with 2014 in a challenging market, the offshore sector will hit Bourbon hard in 2016. The carrier thus projects that 20 percent of the total fleet of around 500 offshore vessels will be idled when 2016 comes to a close. This corresponds to around 50 ships more than the 44 Bourbon vessels that were pulled from the market per December 31st 2015.