Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS April 2009
Waterfront News
Tug Boat News - Cianbro Ships First Modules to Texas Oil Refinery
The tug boat news along the coast of A large number watched as the tugs and
Maine and New Hampshire has been rela- barge left South Brewer. Any place one could
tively quiet this winter. The ports of Eastport, get a glimpse of the tugs and barge along the
Portland, Portsmouth and Searsport have river people stopped to watch them pass. The
had their share of ship traffic keeping the tugs largest number of people gathered at Fort
busy. Also, construction continued over the Knox in Prospect across from Bucksport and
bitterly cold winter at Washburn & Doughty cheered as the procession passed. Several
in East Boothbay as they began erecting a people ventured down to Fort Point Light-
new two-bay facility replacing the building house and watched as they proceeded out
that burned last summer. This building is into Penobscot Bay.
scheduled to be completed this summer. The voyage is an estimated 2,500 miles
The major news this winter occurred on trip to Port Arthur, which will take upwards of
the Penobscot River when the first shipment 20 days to complete depending on the
of four huge oil refinery modules left weather.
Cianbro’s South Brewer facility for the Motiva’s entire project will create a
Motiva Refinery Expansion Project in Port 325,000 barrel-per-day (b/d) capacity expan-
Arthur, Texas on 26 March. Motiva is a joint- sion at the Port Arthur refinery, increasing its
venture owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi crude oil throughput capacity to 600,000 b/d.
Aramco. The expansion will make the refinery the
Each module has the average dimen- largest in the U.S., and among the top ten in
sions of 40 feet by 50 feet and 120 feet and the world. The project is equivalent to build-
weighs upwards of 700 tons. These are the ing a major new refinery and is expected to go
first four of a total of 53 units Cianbro is online in the first quarter of 2012. The last new
constructing for the Motiva Refinery Expan- refinery in the United States was built more
sion Project. They are also the first modules than 30 years ago.
to be shipped from one of the four yards The Cianbro South Brewer facility was
constructing modules for this project. revitalized from a former paper mill site to
The tug EMMA FOSS towing the barge COLUMBIA BOSTON by Fort Point.
To move the modules onto the 354-foot create a new state-of-the-art facility to fabri-
economy. tions to clients throughout North America.
barge, COLUMBIA BOSTON, the crew at cate and assemble modular industrial struc-
These new jobs require the talents of With the ability to self-perform all aspects of
Cianbro used a 224-wheeled platform. The tures. This modular facility is the vision of
highly skilled welders, pipe fitters, and mill- heavy industrial and civil construction
moving process took about a week to com- Peter Vigue, President, Chief Executive Of-
wrights, among other top craftspeople and projects, Cianbro also provides steel fabrica-
plete. ficer, and Chairman of The Cianbro Compa-
engineers. To secure the large, specialized tion, modularized construction, and con-
At 0830 on 26 March the 100-foot tug nies, and enables companies around the
workforce needed to build the modules, struction management services. Headquar-
EMMA FOSS, of Foss Maritime began tow- world to employ Maine’s skilled workforce in
Cianbro invested more than five million dol- tered in Pittsfield, Maine, Cianbro’s 2,500
ing the barge down the river. She was as- the construction of new industrial plants.
lars in a unique, on-the-job training and team members operate from regional offices
sisted by the tractor tug FOURNIER TRAC- Cianbro’s module assembly contract for
mentoring program. Cianbro officials believe in Pittsfield and Portland, Maine, Bloomfield,
TOR of the Penobscot Bay Tractor Company the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Expansion
the investment has paid off handsomely. Connecticut, and Baltimore, Maryland.
of Belfast, which was tied to the barge’s stern. Project is its first major job for the Eastern
Cianbro is an employee-owned com- Cianbro’s gross annual sales exceed $450
A large number of people on both sides Manufacturing Facility. The task creates
pany and a leading health and safety innova- million.
of the river tried to get a glimpse of the tug and approximately 500 local, quality jobs and
tor providing construction and service solu-
barge as they made their way out of the river. contributes significantly to Maine’s
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