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Navy Radar Vessel Assists

charityg — Mon, 02 May 2016 20:33:29 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime, working in conjunction with federal agencies, assisted in the complex escort and docking of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Sea-Based X-Band Radar or SBX-1. Through careful planning, Foss tugs guided the vessel in Hawaii as it moved to open water, then later met the SBX-1 about 50 miles outside the Strait of Juan de Fuca and carefully escorted the valuable vessel to Port Angeles, WA, and through Elliott Bay to Vigor’s Seattle shipyard, where the SBX-1 would undergo maintenance and upgrades.

Services Provided:

Harbor Services
Ship Assist and Escort
Project Logistics
Voyage Planning

Highlights:

The SBX-1 is made for high winds and heavy seas. It is 389 feet long, has a maximum beam of 276 feet, and a height of about 250 feet.
In planning the logistics, Foss Operations Manager and a Foss Captain rode with a Marine Pilot taking the SBX-1 to sea to observe the vessel’s handling characteristics.
Foss tugs assisting in the move included the Pi’ilani and Mikioi in Hawaii, and the Lindsey Foss, Pacific Star, Henry Foss, and Wedell Foss in the Puget Sound.
The entire transit was executed without incident and took 27 hours at 6 knots.
The escort and docking of the SBX-1 was performed under security restrictions as stringent as those for Air Force One.

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Delivery of Nations Largest Floating Dock

charityg — Mon, 02 May 2016 20:10:03 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime brought a semi-submersible ship carrying the nation’s largest floating drydock, the Vigorous, up the Willamette River to Vigor Industrial’s Portland, Oregon shipyard. Two Foss tugs, the Pacific Escort and the Tiger 9, now named the Kalama, assisted one of the world’s largest heavy-lift ships, the Blue Marlin, and its oversized drydock cargo safely upriver and on schedule. Foss also participated in the removal and placement of the drydock with the use of two barges.

Services Provided:

Harbor Services
Ship Assist and Escort
Terminal Services

Highlights:

The Vigorous drydock is 960 feet long when fully assembled
The massive drydock weighs 24,000 LT, with a lifting capacity of 80,000 LT
The drydock was built at China’s ZPMC Qidong shipyard, beginning in early 2013 and delivered to Vigor in late 2014
Foss assisted in the positioning of the first vessel to be drydocked on the Vigorous, the SS Algol – a massive 936 foot long cargo ship designed to ferry up to 700 army vehicles, including tanks, trucks and helicopters

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One Thousandth Boeing Barge load Delivered

charityg — Mon, 02 May 2016 19:07:10 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime has worked with The Boeing Company of Everett, Washington for more than 20 years on a variety of projects. In 2011, Foss delivered the 1,000th barge load of containerized aircraft parts to the Port of Everett for Boeing. The aircraft parts arrive in the ports of Tacoma and Seattle where they are then barged by Foss to Pacific Terminal in Everett and placed on rail cars for transport to Boeing’s Everett plant. Foss continues this service today, transporting approximately 100 barge loads a year.

Services Provided:

Project Cargo & Logistics
Voyage Planning
Tug and Barge Regional Towing
Terminal Services

Highlights:

Tugs, such as the Andrew Foss, assist in moving the barge though the Puget Sound.
The containerized parts are carried on cargo ships from Japan to Seattle and Tacoma.
Foss has successfully delivered multiple barge loads for Boeing each week.

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Historic Final Voyage

charityg — Thu, 21 May 2015 16:40:36 +0000

The Project:

In 2014, Foss escorted the USS Constellation aircraft carrier on her historic final voyage. The Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, nicknamed “Connie” by her crew, was successfully towed by ocean tug Corbin Foss from Bremerton Naval Shipyard to Brownsville, Texas to be retired and scrapped. The 16,000-mile journey took 160 days, with Foss guiding the massive vessel along Mexico and Central and South America, passing through the Straits of Magellan before heading north to Texas.

Services Provided:

Harbor Services
Ship Assist & Escort
Project Logistics
Voyage Planning
Ocean Towing

Highlights:

The USS Constellation is 1088 ft long, making it too large to travel through the Panama Canal, which is the traditional route to the Gulf Coast
Tug Lindsey Foss escorted the Connie from the Bremerton Naval Base to Blake Island where they handed the tow to the Corbin Foss
Completed the 16,000-mile journey in 160 days despite encountering gale force winds and massive seas
Orchestrated a global operations effort for fueling, pilots, assist tugs, and supplies in seven countries
Worked in a collaborative effort with a second tug company that assisted during the Pacific, South American portion of the tow

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Offshore Tanker Mooring Support

charityg — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:36:50 +0000

The Project:

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, Foss’ five-vessel, 35-employee El Segundo Moorings Service Group berths huge tankers and ferries workers and stores to the El Segundo Marine Terminal, a vast tanker mooring just off the coast. For nearly three years, the division has conducted daily at-sea personnel transfers in a challenging environment without a single lost-time injury—a record that reflects Foss’ culture of safety. With this project, Foss services Chevron Shipping as part of their longstanding alliance to collaborate on operational requirements, equipment needs and safety.

Services Provided:

Ship Assist & Tanker Escort
Terminal Services
Line Handling & Launch
Regional Towing

Highlights:

The Brynn Foss, a 93-foot tractor tug, is stationed full time at the moorings to assist tankers into the berths
Two 65-foot line boats, the Lucy Foss, built in 2009 at Foss’ Rainier shipyard, and the Caribe Alliance, secure ships moored at the El Segundo offshore moorings
Two crew boats, the 60-foot Ava Foss, built in 2010 at Foss’ Rainier shipyard, and the 64-foot Caribe Horizon, ferry personnel and supplies to the El Segundo offshore moorings

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Zadco Transport

charityg — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:51:20 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime’s ITB the Strong/Mariner transported two land-based self-moveable drill rigs measuring 11,022 cubic meters each, from Shanghai, China to a man made island 50 miles off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The shallow draft and RORO/LOLO capabilities of the vessel enabled direct delivery of the entire drill rig (per delivery) to the island. Foss provided project management including loading and discharging at the port with limited infrastructure. Foss’ ability to deliver directly to the island and to overcome the restrictive quay design eliminated the customer’s need to transship sensitive cargoes.

Services Provided:

International Project Cargo Transportation
Terminal Services
Cargo Tracking and Logistics
Project Management

Highlights:

The multi-deck, shallow draft ITB Strong/Mariner’s design, which includes two side ramps, bow ramp, and a 50-ton-capacity crane on its starboard side, makes it ideal for conducting cargo operations in underdeveloped ports
Each land-based self-moveable rig consisted of a drill structure/mast, a power unit, and a mud unit module
Route included traversing known pirate zones, and vessel security was hired to protect the sensitive cargoes
Provided full logistical management including a capacity simulation tool for UZ750 Logistics team and proper packaging of cargoes for ocean transport

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Mercosur Shuttle Group

charityg — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:09:48 +0000

The Project

For twelve years Foss Maritime Company owned and operated the Mercosur Shuttle Group (MSG), a tug and barge container feeder service. MSG operated primarily on the Hidrovia Waterway system, made up of the Rio Plate, Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay, which have extremely low water levels (approximately 5 feet of available draft) during certain times of the year. MSG was able to successfully navigate these low waters using specifically built shallow draft tugs and large deck barges that had a much higher TEU/barge capacity than the smaller barges used by competing companies.

Services Provided:

Terminal Services
Liner Services
Cargo Tracking and Logistics
Regional Towing

Highlights:

MSG operated five large deck barges and four tugboats
Provided a scheduled common carriage container-on-barge freight service on these river systems
MSG acted as a connecting carrier for large ocean shipping lines, transporting primarily containers and automobiles
Large deck barges offered a competitive advantage – three of the five barges had a 280 TEU/barge capacity and the other two had a 320 TEU/barge capacity
MSG was transporting approximately 40,000 TEU’s per year, feeding a terminal network stretching 870 river miles from the main terminals in Montevideo and Buenos Aires to Asunción

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Young Brothers Profile

charityg — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:53:11 +0000

The Project:

Young Brothers is Hawaii’s foremost inter-island freight handling and transportation company, wholly owned by Foss Maritime. Operating a fleet of tugs and barges throughout their seven ports in Hawaii, they move nearly 287,000 TEUs of cargo every year. Young Brothers works closely with the state of Hawaii Transportation Department and the Hawaii Harbor Users Group to develop key ports, revitalize and modernize harbor facilities, and keep the islands of Hawaii connected.

Services Provided:

Liner Barge Services
Terminal Operations

Highlights:

Young Brothers provides twelve regularly scheduled round trip weekly port calls from its Honolulu hub on O’ahu, and six to and from several neighbor island ports
The Honolulu Terminal has a TEU throughput of approximately 2,500/week
Each of the company’s ports is capable of handling a variety of cargo, including: Automobiles & other roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro), containers, flatracks, & platforms, and less-than-container loads (LCL)
Young Brothers operates six general cargo barges and one dedicated Ro/Ro
Major port development projects in the past include the new Honolulu Harbor Pier 39 & 40, home to Young Brothers’ hub, and the development of the Port of Nawiliwili
Young Brothers partners with Hawaii Harbor Users Group, a coalition of major waterfront users including all major shipping companies that serve Hawaii

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Massive Coke Drums Delivered

charityg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:11:38 +0000

The Project:

Safely transported six huge coke drums from the Port of Los Angeles on an approximately 28-mile voyage to King Harbor in Redondo Beach for installation at Chevron’s El Segundo Refinery. Foss collaborated with heavy-lift company Mammoet USA, utilizing a detailed ballasting plan to keep the barge level during operations, which required the placement of ramps to load and unload. Self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) moved the cylinders from the barge moored at a levee in a yacht marina to a staging site near the final destination of the drums at the refinery.

Services Provided:

Oil Field Services
Domestic Project Cargo Transportation
Regional Towing

Highlights:

On three successive Mondays in February and March 2013, the drums were carried two at a time on the barge ZB 240 towed by the Edith Foss and assisted by the Pacific Queen.
Each coke drum is 100’ long x 28’ in diameter and weighs 500,000 pounds.
The new drums replace existing drums built in 1968. They will increase the
reliability of the coke drum operations and take advantage of more than 40 years
of industry advances in coke drum design.
Foss collaborated with Chevron, Mammoet USA and Fluor, a global engineering
construction company, to develop a complex and comprehensive transport safety
matrix for the project.
Attention to detail and commitment to the continual improvement process were
key to the success of these operations. Innovation developed from the first landing was incorporated into the second and third landings, such as doubling the wooden crane mats, securing them with an anchoring system and lashing them
together to improve the rock piling fendering system.

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Kearl Oil Sands Module Transport

charityg — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:32:28 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime successfully delivered 155 Korean-built modules in support of the Kearl Oil Sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta – one of Canada’s largest open-pit mining operations. The oversized modules were transported in 40 trips up the Columbia and Snake river system from Vancouver, WA to Pasco, WA and Lewiston, ID on barges retrofitted to operate in river conditions and travel in tandem. They were then transshipped to Canada to create the Kearl Sands state-of-the-art processing facility in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of northern Alberta.

Services Provided:

Harbor Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Ballasting & Mooring
Marine Engineering
Construction Support

Highlights:

Worked in partnership with Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil, Fluor, and Mammoet
ransported 155 pieces of production equipment sized up to 120’ by 24’ and 25’ high
Designed and fabricated ballasting systems for the barge Sitka; Upgraded and improved the system in barge 286-3
Provided ballasting in Lewiston, ID while modules were safely unloaded
Foss vessels the P.J. Brix tug pushed the barges while the Betsy L tug pulled the barges on a towline
The Kearl Sands project could eventually produce up to 345,000 barrels of oil per day
The complex and logistically challenging project was completed on time and ahead of schedule

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