Tugboat LEO FOSS
by James Williamson
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Title
Tugboat LEO FOSS
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor And Gouache
Description
Tugboat LEO FOSS assisting chemical tanker at entrance to Chelsea River Boston Harbor.
Watercolor painting by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson, ASMA
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
New Tractor Tug Begins Serving Customers in Massachusetts
Boston's Most Powerful Harbor Tug and Another High-Horsepower Tractor Go to Work for Constellation Maritime FOSS Maritime
Marc Villa Constellation Maritime
Boston, May 2, 2007, Boston's newest and most powerful harbor tug has been christened, crewed up and has started serving customers of Constellation Maritime Co.
The tug Leo is a 78-foot, 5,000 horsepower Dolphin-Class vessel built at Foss Rainier Shipyard in Oregon. The brand-new ASD-powered tug arrived in Boston on March 7 along with the Orion, a 3,000 horsepower, 95-foot Voith-powered tractor formerly in service for Foss Maritime on the Columbia River.
Together, the two high-powered tugs give Constellation, a Foss subsidiary, a one-two punch that amounts to a significant competitive edge in handling ship assists, harbor work, and future tanker escorts.
These tugs are extremely well suited for the Boston Harbor not only because of their horsepower but because of their maneuverability, said Marc Villa, Constellation president. We operate in some very confined areas, and tractors will make a huge difference for us.
Constellation deck and engine room personnel have been working with Foss trainers in Boston and Long Beach, Calif., to become familiar with operation and maintenance of the two vessels. Massachusetts State Commissioned Harbor Pilots also have joined training sessions to learn how to best use the tugs.
A lot of people have a tendency to use tractors like conventional tugs, and learning how to operate them effectively is a trick that requires training, Villa said. We have expert people in the Foss organization who can help us with that.
The Leo was christened during a reception attended by about 150 people at the Boston Harbor Hotel on April 19. Among the guests were customers, local dignitaries, U.S. Coast Guard and Navy officials, pilots, and representatives of Foss and its parent company, Marine Resources Group.
Chloe Deeley, daughter of Capt. Chris Deeley, Constellation's docking pilot, broke the traditional bottle of champagne over the bow. The Rev. Steve Cushing, Executive Director and Sr. Chaplain of the New England Seafarers Mission gave the blessing at a pier adjacent to the hotel where the reception was held.
Constellation and Foss have made a major commitment to customers in bringing this equipment to the harbor, Villa said. And we believe new customers also will join us to take advantage of the high level of service we will be providing.
Constellation was acquired last year by Foss Maritime, one of the nation's leading tug-barge companies, with harbor services and marine transportation bases in all major ports on the U.S. West Coast. Foss also operates two shipyards and offers worldwide marine transportation and logistics, emphasizing safety and high-quality service.
Foss Maritime Company is part of Marine Resources Group, Inc., of Seattle, Washington. Marine Resources Group was established in 2000 by privately held Saltchuk Resources, Inc. as a holding and support company for its investments in tug, barge and ancillary marine service companies. MRG has one of the largest and most capable harbor and coastal tug and cargo barge fleets in the United States and offers a broad range of services.
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Constellation Maritime is now headquarters for Foss Maritime's Atlantic Division.
Since 2006, Constellation Maritime has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company. Over the last four years we have incorporated Foss's safety systems, operational excellence programs and procedures, management practices and business ethics principles into our daily work. Now we are changing our name, signifying the full integration of the company into Foss.
Based in Seattle since 1889, Foss Maritime Company offers a complete range of maritime transportation and logistics services to customers around the globe and in some of the most extreme environments in the world. Foss's safety program meets or exceeds the requirements of ISO 9000 (international Quality Management Standard); the International Safety Management (ISM) Code; American Waterways Operators (AWO) Responsible Carrier Program (RCP); and the ISO 14001 (International Environmental Management Standard).
In Boston Harbor, Foss provides coastal towing, construction support, ship docking, anchor handling, and grey water removal as well as project support from Key West to Canadian Maritimes. As part of the Foss family, we are able to offer our customers the resources and assets to cover all their transportation and logistics needs.
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