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Ship Docking and Harbor Services Marine Transportation LNG Activities Offshore and Contract Towing Special Projects Environmental Services |
Moran conducts LNG ship-assist operations and related activities at two major LNG import terminals along the U.S. eastern seaboard, and is America’s leading provider of tug service to LNG terminals and the ships that haul the cold liquid. Our experiences with LNG activities date back to the early 1970s, and include both tug and barge operations. Moran’s operations are closely coordinated with those of the U.S. Coast Guard, which monitors all LNG shipping traffic and provides security measures and safety regulation in and around LNG terminals. At Cove Point, in the Chesapeake Bay south of Baltimore, and at Elba Island, near Savannah, Georgia, Moran tugs routinely assist LNG tankers carrying cargoes of up to 34 million gallons of liquefied natural gas per ship. The tankers, which typically exceed 900 feet in length, are served by teams of 5,000-hp Z-drive tractor tugs with specially trained crews. The tug groups include FIFI-class vessels like the Kaye E. Moran and James R. Moran, the two latest additions to Moran’s ever growing tug fleet, which are equipped with state-of-the-art firefighting equipment capable of pumping nearly 11,000 gpm of water. Cove Point Cove Point is the largest liquefied natural gas import facility in the U.S., and currently receives the most LNG tankers of any U.S. facility. The terminal, owned by Dominion Resources, has a storage capacity of 5 billion cubic feet. Arrivals are expected to increase as demand for imported natural gas climbs and Dominion proceeds with expansion plans. In addition to its onshore storage facilities, Cove Point includes an offshore terminal approximately a mile from shore, which can handle two tankers at once. A pipeline for gas and an underground bicycle tunnel connect the offshore pier to the mainland. Typical unloading time for an LNG tanker at cove Point is 12 to 24 hours. During discharging, Moran’s attending tugs lie moored at specially designed, strategically placed buoys, enabling the tugs to be promptly available if the tanker needs attention during her discharge. One tug in the group will stand ready to provide assistance within just a few moments’ call-up time. In the near future the Cove Point tug group will be based at its own facility at Solomon’s Island, Maryland, a secure port that will be the operating base for not only the ship-assist tugs, but also a cargo and passenger launch. |
Contact for Ship Docking and Harbor Services: Capt. James Murray Vice President of Sales (203) 442-2814 Email Capt. James Murray 
Elba Island The Elba Island LNG Import Terminal, owned and operated by the Southern LNG division of El Paso Corporation, is located on the Savannah River. The terminal occupies 140 acres, and includes storage and regasification facilities, electric generators, and a fully equipped LNG unloading dock that can accommodate vessels up to 950 feet in length and 141 feet in width. The facilities can handle ships with up to a 135,000-cubic-meter cargo capacity; unloading times are within 24 hours. Elba Island’s storage tanks have a combined capacity of approximately 4 billion cubic feet. Southern LNG built the terminal in 1978, to supply natural gas to what was then a growing population and industrial base in the southeastern United States. It was closed when the bottom fell out of the imported natural gas market in the 1980s, but was maintained in a limited state of readiness and reopened in 2001, when demand rebounded amid continued population growth in the region. Southern LNG upgraded the facilities at Elba Island significantly before reopening it, and created a 1,500-foot turning basin for ships on the Savannah River. Shipping traffic on the river in the vicinity of the terminal is strictly regulated by the Coast Guard and the Federal Energy Commission. Tug escorts are required for all passing ships when there is a tanker docked at Elba Island. Demand for imported natural gas in the U.S. is growing markedly, and Southern LNG is in the early stages of plans to expand the capacity of the Elba Island facility. Moran will build a new tractor tug to meet the demand for service to an increasing number of tankers. The specifications for the tug are still incomplete but it is expected to have 100,000 pounds of bollard pull and FIFI One firefighting capabilities. |
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50 Locust Avenue | New Canaan, CT 06840-4737 USA | Tel: 203.442.2800 |
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