AT/B PAUL T. MORAN/MASSACHUSETTS
2005
Provided engineering and design for the previous refit of the ocean tug PAUL T. MORAN (Ex. OCEAN VENTURE) with a Bludworth connection system, and the refit of the stern of the ocean tank barge MASSACHUSETTS, for use with the Bludworth system, with full FEA study.
The PAUL T. MORAN is a former towing tug (OCEAN VENTURE) that OT&BE engineered into a Bludworth-type AT/B tug by Bollinger's Algiers repair yard for American Steamship back in 1999. The unit operated for a few years with a bulk barge of 30,000 DWT, until the tug was sold to Moran in 2004. Originally an Equitable Equipment design, OT&BE, along with J. Cook Marine, engineered the modfications to the tug for AT/B service, and covered all aspects of design and refit in the process.
OT&BE also also designed the modified notch and skeg arrangement and associated structure for the Moran barge MASSACHUSETTS, a large ocean tank barge that was modified by Gulf Marine Repair with a new double hulll, to accept the Bludworth-equipped tug. The AT/B was recently delivered back to Moran after the PAUL T. was extensively repaired and upgraded by Gulf Marine Repair.