Current Projects

PROVIDER Class PSV/OSV

Providing full contract and detail design for the new PROVIDER 8000 CLASS 8,000 BHP AT/B tugs and for the companion 8,000 DWT deepwater, all weather service PLATFORM SUPPLY barges with DP-2 capability. (Customer Confidential)

FACETTUG Class AT/B Bulk Carriers for BHP Billiton

10,000 MT Bulk Carriers – Full contract design for a set of 10,000 MTWT ocean deck barges to move aluminum ore in Suriname, including 5,000 BHP AT/B tugs of our FACETTUG design, diesel electric with reduced emissions, and the associated ocean deck barges, 550’ x 90’.

AT/B Bulk Carrier for Dixie Fuels, Ltd.

Providing full contract and detail design for a new Articouple-equipped 8,000 BHP AT/B tug for use with a new 20,000 DWT ocean bulk barge. Dixie Fuels, Ltd.

AT/B BRIDGET MCCALISTER

Providing engineering and design for the refit of the ocean tug BRIDGET MCALLISTER, with an Intercon “C” connection system, FEA, and design of a new tower pilothouse.  McAllister Brothers.

COSTWISE Class AT/B Tugboat

COSTWISE class AT/B tug

The COSTWISE class boats are a group of three 12,000 BHP AT/B tugs being built at Bender Shipbuilding for an East Coast marine shipping company.  They will work with a specially-designed 342,000 BBL crude oil lightening barge, also designed by OT&BE.  The tug represents a wholesale change in the design philosophy for AT/B tugs.  Each incorporates features not found on conventional tugs, and for their their size, they are among the most spacious and ergonomically-designed tugs afloat.

ATLANTIC V Class AT/B Tugboat

Atlantic V Schematic

The new Atlantic V class tugs are to be a group of three 8,000 HP AT/B tugs to be built by Bender Shipbuilding.