ZPMC heavy-lift vessel Zhen Hua 4 arriving in Oakland with 4 container cranes

Argonautics Marine Engineering is specialized in marine heavy-lift transportation engineering. Some of the services offered in this field are:

• Marine transportation feasibility studies;

• Preparation of complete Transportation Manuals, including documentation of:

  • vessel/barge suitability study;

  • stowage arrangements;

  • deck strength verification;

  • stability calculations;

  • design environmental criteria;

  • design motion and acceleration calculations;

  • grillage/cribbing arrangements;

  • seafastening arrangements;

  • loading and offloading procedures;

• Structural analyses of cargoes subjected to dynamic forces during transportation;

• Time domain analyses of non-linear processes and events; 

• Review of loading and offloading procedures;

• Site surveys for suitability of proposed loading or offloading operations;

• Specification of model testing and on-site assistance;

• Longitudinal bending of vessel/barge hull in still water and waves.

Click on the link for a list of typical transportation projects.