Harley Marine acquired four tugboats for their New York and Olympic Tug & Barge operations and wanted to increase the visibility of three of them when operating in harbors by adding upper pilothouses. Harley asked JMS Naval Architects to provide their naval architecture and engineering support services to examine the stability of the three tugboats with upper…
Weeks Marine had contracted the construction of 8 new sand scow barges to be built at a Gulf of Mexico shipyard and was exploring the most economical ways to transport them to Weeks Marine’s New Jersey facilities. Each of the scows measure 150’x40’x12’. In engineering consultation with JMS Naval Architects, Weeks decided to use an…
JMS Naval Architects completed the conversion design of a 260-foot manned tank barge into a deck cargo barge for Coeymans Marine Towing of the Port of Coeymans Marine Terminal on the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York. The tank barge was formally known as the MSRC 350 and has been renamed the CMT Y NOT…
JMS Naval Architects has completed the design of a 250’ by 64’ by 16’ gantry crane barge for Weeks Marine of Cranford, NJ. JMS provided complete engineering and design services for the concept through detail design of the new crane barge to support a Clyde Model 28 gantry crane. JMS provided engineering calculations and design…
JMS Naval Architects has completed the design of a 128.0 m (420 ft) by 37.5 m (123 ft) modular floating dry dock for Ocean New Brunswick. The dry dock is designed to be built in three phases. One 60.8 m long section is already under construction, and two additional 36.8 m long end sections will…
Virginia Institute of Marine Science of Gloucester Point, VA (www.VIMS.edu) awarded a contract to Meridien Maritime Reparation of Matane, Quebec (www.Meridien.cc) to construct a 93-foot research vessel. JMS Naval Architects of Mystic, CT (JMSnet.com) designed the research vessel to replace VIMS’s current vessel, the R/V Bay Eagle. The primary mission of the Institute’s fleet is to…
JMS Naval Architects is providing engineering support to Mystic Seaport of Mystic, CT and Plimoth Plantation of Plymouth, MA. The 30-month restoration effort is taking place at the Mystic Seaport’s H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The organizations, with the help of JMS serving as naval architecture consultant on the project, are working toward restoring the historic vessel’s…
Final tests and trials were conducted last month of the horizontal submergence platform JG BURKE designed by JMS Naval Architects for McNally Construction of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The operational tests and trials took place at the facilities of McNally’s parent company, Weeks Marine of Cranford, NJ. JMS developed a complete engineering and design package for…
JMS Naval Architects designed a compact, self-propelled, bridge inspection vessel for a bridge inspection company in the northeast. The new vessel is a 28’ aluminum catamaran built by Aluma Marine & Fabrication in Harvey, LA and joins the owner’s fleet of work and safety boats. The vessel was launched and tested this week with an…
Construction is well underway for two new catamaran ferry vessels being built at All American Marine in Bellingham, WA. JMS Naval Architects is serving as Owner’s Representative during the construction, outfitting, system tests, and sea trials of two 72-foot, aluminum, catamaran, passenger ferry vessels for the National Park Service and Gulf Islands National Seashore. The…
