Terminal Services Archives - Foss Maritime Company, LLC

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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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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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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Motiva Refinery Expansion

charityg — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:46:25 +0000

The Project:

Transportation of oil-production modules from fabrication yards in Maine and South Carolina to a facility in Port Arthur, Texas in support of a $7 billion expansion project to create the largest refinery in the U.S. and the eighth largest in the world. Foss provided marine transportation services to the Bechtel Jacobs Joint Venture, which was the EPC contractor to Motiva Enterprises LLC (jointly owned by Saudi Refining, Inc. and Shell Oil Company).

Services Provided:

Module Transportation
Sea Fastening Analysis
Cargo Stow Planning
Mooring Analysis
Scheduling & Voyage Planning
Ballasting & Assist Tug Operations

Highlights:

Transported 103 modules, averaging 550 short tons with dimensions of 80’-140’ x 30’-50’ x 40’-65’
The heaviest module transported: 1,100 short tons
14 tows completed
Travelled 51,911 nautical miles over 311 sea days
Total cargo value: $490,000,000

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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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