JMS was competitively selected to design a new work barge for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to replace their existing barge. JMS has been contracted to provide structural and system designs to ABS rules, including contract drawings and equipment specifications. The primary purpose of the barge is buoy tending on the Tennessee River system. The…
JMS has completed most of the Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) work on board the new National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Research Vessel Henry B. Bigelow. HENRY B. BIGELOW (FSV-2) is the second of NOAA’s new class of Fisheries Survey Vessels. She is a state-of-the-art research ship with multiple science mission capabilities. The Bigelow…
JMS was asked to provide marine engineering support to SENESCO Marine during the construction of new 117-foot 4,000 HP articulated tug-barge (ATB) units for Reinauer Transportation being built at their yard. In response to their request JMS placed an employee on-site at the yard in North Kingstown, RI over a period of four months to…
JMS has been active this last year conducting inclining tests and stability analyses for a range of ship types. Incline tests and stability analyses have been conducted for tugboats, research vessels, and amphibious passenger vessels. In many cases these vessels are older and undergoing a major mid life modification. These older vessels often present various…
JMS is providing engineering, shipyard management, vessel repair and owner’s representation services to Reinauer Transportation Companies (RTC) during a tug fleet modernization project. This project involves the installation of JAK-400 pin systems in the STEPHEN, DACE, JOANNE and LUCY REINAUER to convert them from traditional hawser tugs to ATB tugs. Each tug’s existing towing apparatus…
JMS has been active conducting stability tests for a wide variety of ship types. Stability tests have been conducted aboard offshore supply vessels, passenger vessels, and deck barges this past year. Seaward Services N/S HUNTER is a 180ft offshore supply vessel, owned by the US Navy and operated by Seaward Services. JMS performed an inclining…
JMS has engineered and designed dozens of purpose-built deck barges. JMS draws on our extensive operational and shipyard experience to provide our barge clients with feasibility studies, concept design and 3D renderings, and detail construction drawings and cut sheets. Some recent examples include: Heavy Lift Deck Barges JMS performed a feasibility study and developed concept…
JMS provided construction support for Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s training vessel the T.S. KENNEDY (formerly the T.S. ENTERPRISE). The 540-foot long vessel was originally the SS VELMA LYKES, constructed by Avondale Shipyards for the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company in 1967. In 1986 she was placed into the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) under the ownership of…
JMS provided naval architecture, marine engineering, and shipyard management support to the Great Lakes Research Vessel Lake Guardian. The vessel was re-powered and underwent extensive deckhouse modifications to enlarge its science laboratories. JMS provided the preliminary design and wrote the technical specifications for the project. The 180-foot Lake Guardian is the largest research and monitoring…
Mammoet Canada Eastern Ltd has contracted JMS to provide engineering support for a complex launching operation of an ATB tug being constructed for U.S. Shipping. The 12,000 HP tug is 150 feet long and weighs over 1,000 long tons. JMS worked closely with Mammoet to develop a cradle design to be used with the heavy…
