After a career that began on a commercial diving deck, Robbie Champagne built C-Dive around the work he knew firsthand. A purpose-built vessel, a pipeline-removal patent and a new leadership role trace the widening scope of his Louisiana business.

He started on deck, learned the work underwater, and spent decades earning the judgment to make one expensive decision: build a saturation vessel from the keel up. In 2026, that operator’s path opened into a larger offshore platform.