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March, 2008 Moran Tug Service Signs Contract with Cameron LNG January, 2008 Moran Commences Operations in Two North Carolina Ports January, 2008 Moran Acquires a Tugboat Simulator from MarineSafety International April, 2007 Once Again, Moran Towing of Texas Receives the OSPRA Award January, 2007 Continued Growth for Moran LNG ship-docking services December, 2006 Moran Towing and Compania Maritima Pacifico Sign Long Term Marine Services Agreement November, 2006 Paul R. Tregurtha Voted "Maritime Man of the Year" by Massachusetts Maritime Academy November, 2006 Moran's Participation in U.S. Coast Guard Demonstration Earns Citation for Merit October, 2006 Expansive Tugs Area Maritime Company Adds Boats to its Fleet News Article Archive |
April, 2004 Moran tugs dock Cunard's Queen Mary 2 in New York When the world’s largest passenger ship docked at New York’s Pier 92 on April 22, 2004, three tugs from Moran Towing Corp. were stationed at bow and stern to ease the huge liner into her berth. Those three tugs, led by the 5,000 hp z-drive tractor tug, Gramma Lee T. Moran, were following a century-old tradition in which Moran tugs have provided exclusive docking services for the liners and cruise ships of Cunard Lines whenever they have called in New York. Assisting the Gramma Lee T. Moran with dockings of both the QM2 and the QE2 in April were the 3,300 twin-screw tugs Margaret Moran and Miriam Moran. All three are well experienced at docking the 963-foot QE2, which has made regular calls in New York since her maiden arrival in 1969. The QM2 is expected to make 13 additional crossings between New York and Southampton, England, this year. Moran Towing also handles the majority of the 200 to 300 other passenger vessels, which arrive in New York in a typical year. When the original Queen Mary arrived in New York on June 1, 1936, it took the efforts of 10 steam-powered Moran tugs to ease the 1,019-foot ship into her berth. Barely 15 years later, it required only five of Moran’s new 1,750-hp diesel electric tugs to dock the same liner in 1949. Today, not only are Moran’s tugs vastly more powerful and maneuverable but also so is the Queen Mary 2. The great ship is maneuvered by four azimuthing electric drive units that, together, generate up to 86 megawatts of propulsion power. In addition she has three powerful bow thrusters. Six separate ship docking evolutions involving Moran tugs, docking and harbor pilots and a long list of other support services were involved with Cunard’s big April weekend in New York. The QM2 sailed into New York for the first time on the last of the ebb tide Thursday morning, April 22. The 1,132-foot ship then sailed again on an overnight cruise the following day and finally departed for the last time on Sunday, April 25. Meanwhile, the only slightly less impressive Cunard Liner QE2 arrived at an adjacent pier on Saturday and then made a near-simultaneous sailing with the QM2 on Sunday as the two famous ships headed across the Atlantic together, bound for England. When both ships return to New York, the fireboats, spectator craft and media photographers may be gone, but the tugboats of Moran Towing Corp. will be waiting to do their usual job.  |
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