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Sealift To The Alaskan Arctic

charityg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:33:59 +0000

The Project:

Point Thomson in the Alaskan Arctic had previously been thought too remote to develop, but Foss was able to meet the logistical challenge and successfully complete two separate sealifts in support of a major oil exploration development project. While operating in extreme conditions of first year ice a meter thick, Foss safely pioneered a new route across the North Slope. For the first sealift, Foss delivered three tank modules. For the second, four tugs, including the Michele on her maiden voyage, towed four barges carrying seven oil field modules 2,300 miles to the Alaskan petroleum field. The modules supply fuel and are critical to the development and operation of the Alaskan North Slope project.

Services Provided:

Oil field development
Ocean towing
Project cargo and logistics

Highlights:

For the first lift Foss provided two barges, two ocean-going tugs, and two assist tugs, including the shallow draft tug Emmett Foss, making its first voyage after its construction at Foss Rainier Shipyard.
For the second lift four tugs, including the first of three Arctic Class tugs built at the Rainier yard, the Michele on her maiden voyage, towed four barges carrying seven oil field modules.
Successfully operating with only 6.5’ of draft at the delivery site.
The first three modules weighed more than 1,250 tons, and the second seven had an individual maximum module weight of 2,685 short tons.
Safely and on or ahead of schedule completed the voyage from Ulsan, South Korea 2,300 miles to the Alaskan petroleum field.

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CD5 Bridge Components Delivered

charityg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:18:07 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime transported 11,000 tons of construction materials for the Conoco Philips – CD5 bridge project to build four bridges across the Colville River connecting Conoco’s Alpine Facility to a satellite operation in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPRA). In voyages in August and November 2013, concrete deck panels and bridge girders were towed from Tacoma, WA to Valdez, AK and stored to await transit over the ice roads to the construction site by Foss’s sister company Carlile Transportation.

Services Provided:

Domestic Project Cargo Transportation
Oil Field Services
Construction Support
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Ocean Towing
Voyage Planning

Highlights:

Worked in partnership with Carlile Transportation and ConocoPhillips to successfully deliver bridge components to a remote, arctic site.
In August 2013, the Ocean Pathfinder towed a 330’ x 86’ barge laden with 6,700 short tons of concrete deck panels and bridge girders from Tacoma to Valdez.
In November 2013, the Lauren Foss towed a similar barge laden with 4,500 short tons of bridge girders, construction materials and equipment.
Specially designed stanchions were engineered to assure proper stowage and sea fastening of roadway panels.

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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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Alaskan Shipwreck Fuel Removal

charityg — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:55:31 +0000

The Project:

Assisted in heavy bunker fuel removal from the wreckage of the Princess Kathleen, which sank after grounding on Point Lena near Juneau, Alaska, in 1952. In order to mitigate potential environmental damage, Foss worked in conjunction with Global Diving & Salvage, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to extract over 300,000 gallons of bunker fuel and oily water from the wreck and transport it to a waste oil-recycling center. To secure the vessels on location, Foss designed and installed a four point mooring system aboard the barge.

Services Provided:

Salvage Operations
Marine Engineering
Pollution Control Equipment
Project Cargo & Logistics
Subsea Site Survey & Mapping

Highlights:

Provided the tank barge Foss 248 P-2, and the ocean-going tug the Halle Foss to assist in the fuel removal and transportation
Provided project management and a project team for 24 hour operations lasting over 90 days
Worked within the USCG National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Designed a site specific mooring system to secure the response vessels above the Princess Kathleen, which lay on a slope between 52 and 134 feet depths within 1000 feet of Lena Point
Deployed oil spill response equipment and materials from the barge to contain free floating oil

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Doosan Crane Delivery

charityg — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:16:21 +0000

The Project:

Transported two Rail Mounted Quay Cranes from Masan, South Korea to Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, North Carolina. Foss provided marine transportation services for Dongbang Transport Logistics Co. and Doosan Heavy Industries in support of US military operations at one of their primary east coast deep-water ports. The ocean voyage covered 10,834 nautical miles through hazardous weather conditions, and was successfully completed on schedule without incident.

Services Provided:

Turnkey Ocean Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Marine Engineering
Construction Support
Ballasting and Mooring
US Flag and Preference Cargo

Highlights:

Completed the 10,834 nautical mile journey in 71 days, and despite encountering three separate cyclones, delivered the cargo in good condition, on time, and on budget
Transported two large Container Handling Rail Mounted Quayside Cranes, totalling 1,900 metric tons each
Worked in a collaborative effort with Dongbang Transport Logistics Company and Doosan Heavy Industries, both based in South Korea
Designed and provided ballasting and mooring solutions in both South Korea and North Carolina, using both Foss Maritime management and ballasting crews at both ports

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Historic Voyage to Revelstoke

charityg — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:15:57 +0000

The Project:

Pioneering a new route, Foss delivered a fully constructed 190-ton turbine to Revelstoke, Canada. Arriving from Brazil, the turbine was towed from Portland, OR to Pasco, WA. Moving then overland a heavy haul contractor transported the turbine to above the Grand Coulee Dam, where it was loaded onto a sectional barge that had been engineered and built for the remaining 335 nautical miles. Plotting a never-before commercially traversed 45-mile stretch of the Columbia River, Foss worked in conjunction with B.C. Hydro to regulate the flow of water in three dams to minimize the current and provide the needed depth.

Services Provided:

Turbine Transportation
Project Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Naval Architecture &
Marine Engineering
Voyage Planning & Mapping

Highlights:

Transported a 23’ diameter by 12’4”, 190-ton electric turbine runner to Revelstoke, where it will generate 500 MW capacity; enough power to service the equivalent of 40,000 homes at peak demand
Surveyed and plotted the first commercial course above the Coulee Dam into British Columbia, Canada to the Hugh Keenleyside Dam
Provided four tugs: Lewiston of the Columbia River Fleet and the Cougar, Pine Cat, and River Chief to navigate the barge through currents and rapids running up to 9 knots
Designed a sectional barge 160’ x 40’ with two 300-horsepower thrusters, installed in reverse on the front to provide power and steerage for the fore and aft of the barge

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Open Lighterage at Red Dog Mine

charityg — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:49:40 +0000

The Project:

Since 1990, Foss has transported 30 million of tons of concentrated ore for Red Dog Mine – a zinc mine 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. We developed customized self-loading barges to transfer the ore to bulk carriers from the shallow-draft port. Working in harsh weather, we developed the world’s first and only roadstead loading of dry bulk cargo.

Services Provided:

Naval Architecture
Marine Engineering
Construction Support
Lighterage and Bulk Handling

Highlights:

Developed and built self-loading barges to pick up the ore stored in an 11-story-high building on shore
In 2009, Foss lightered 1.37 million tons of ore to 25 ships, and in 2010, the company lightered 1.40 million tons of ore to 27 ships. The record was set in 2007, when Foss lightered 1.46 million tons
Developed the world’s first open-roadstead loading of dry bulk cargo to enable loading, even in challenging weather, during the 90-100 day season
Navigate tugs through ice upon arrival at Red Dog in late June or early July. The tugs depart in October, before the port completely freezes over
The bulk carriers that carry the ore anchor in deep water during harsh weather conditions

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Power Equipment Transport

charityg — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:22:04 +0000

The Project:

Provided customer Waller Marine, Inc., turn-key transportation of GE turbines, generators and balance of plant components for two PDVSA 171 MW power generation barges being constructed at Signal’s International’s Orange, TX shipyard. A third set of power generation equipment was transported to a Houston, TX warehouse for future use. Foss also provided all services required to move the componentsfrom various inland warehouses on the US East Coast to the two US Gulf destinations.

Services Provided:

Ocean Transportation
Project Cargo & Logistics
Marine Engineering
Voyage Planning
Inland Trucking &
Heavy-Haul Transport
Terminal Services

Highlights:

Transported three gas turbines (171 metric tons each) and two generators (235 metric tons each) in below deck stowage on the multi-deck RO/RO barge American Trader
Consolidated and transported an additional 3,700 rev tons of breakbulk balance of plant components, many of which were oversized
Provided trucking, heavy-haul transport at load and discharge ports, terminal services including container stuffing and cargo preparation, load planning, marine engineering and marine transportation services
Sailed over 5,500 nautical miles in two separate voyages and met fast track schedule demands

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Punta Lima Wind Farm

charityg — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:10:35 +0000

The Project:

Transported and delivered turbine windmills from Houston, Texas, to Ponce, Puerto Rico,
in support of the second commercial windmill project on the island. The Punta Lima Wind Farm Project is expected to be operational by late 2012, generating 52GWh per year for Puerto Rico Electric Authority while at the same time reducing CO2 emissions by 34,000 tons.

Services Provided:

Ocean Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Highlights:

Completed the 3,615 nautical mile journey in 26 days, delivering the project in good condition and on time
Transported 13 V100-1.8MW windmill units for a total of 19,262 R/Tons
Each windmill contained one nacelle, one hub, and three blades, each 161 ft. long
Delivered a Liebherr 1400/2W Crawler Crane 1307 R/Tons to be used in windmill assembly
Spain-based Gestamp Wind collaborated with Go Green Puerto Rico in effort to help
the island reach a goal of 15 percent of renewable energy production by 2020
The turbines were manufactured by Denmark-based Vestas
The blades were manufactured in Colorado by Vestas Americas
Each windmill is capable of producing 1.8MW of electric power

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