Ship Assist & Tanker Escort Archives - Foss Maritime Company, LLC http://foss-maritime.com/type-of-service/ship-assist-and-tanker-escort/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:17:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.foss.com/wp-content/uploads/ff-tansparent.png Ship Assist & Tanker Escort Archives - Foss Maritime Company, LLC http://foss-maritime.com/type-of-service/ship-assist-and-tanker-escort/ 32 32 Navy Radar Vessel Assists https://www.foss.com/projects/navy-radar-vessel-assists/ Mon, 02 May 2016 20:33:29 +0000 https://foss.com/?post_type=projects&p=4665 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.

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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 https://www.foss.com/projects/delivery-of-nationss-largest-floating-dock/ Mon, 02 May 2016 20:10:03 +0000 https://foss.com/?post_type=projects&p=4664 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.

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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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]]> Historic Final Voyage https://www.foss.com/projects/historic-final-voyage/ Thu, 21 May 2015 16:40:36 +0000 https://foss.com/?post_type=projects&p=4099 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.

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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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