Projects

Previous Clients

We have provided consulting services for pilot associations, private industry, governments, and non-profit organizations:

  • Pilot Associations: Southwest Alaska Pilots Association (Alaska); Houston Ship Pilots Association (Texas); Sabine Pilots (Texas); New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (Louisiana); Crescent River Port Pilots Association (Louisiana); Galveston - Texas City Pilots (Texas); Lake Charles Pilots (Louisiana)

  • Private Companies: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company; R&M Consultants, Inc.; Jacobs Engineering Group; Schneider Engineering and Consulting; Lanier & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc; Hecla Green Creek Mining Company (Alaska); Alaska LNG; CH2M; CH2M Hill; LOCUS; COWI North America; Edison Chouest Offshore; Venture Global LNG Inc; Trans-Global Soluations, Inc

  • Governments: Port of Anchorage; Port of Alaska; Port MacKenzie; Municipality of Anchorage (Alaska); Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska); City of Seward (Alaska); City of Valdez (Alaska); Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (State of Alaska); Port of Houston (Texas); Port of New Orleans (Louisiana)

  • Non-Profit Organizations: Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Alaska); Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Alaska); Alaska Gasline Port Authority; Greater Houston Port Bureau (Texas); Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) (Alaska)

Previous Projects

Potential Places of Refuge Reports

Aleutian Islands, Northwest Arctic, and North Slope Regions, Prepared for Oil SPill Recovery Institute, Cordova, AK

Maritime Evaluation of Potential Places of Refuge for Deep Draft Vessels in the Aleutian Islands, Northwest Arctic, and the North Slope Regions of Alaska (2024)

Prince William Sound, Prepared for the Prince William Sound Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications for Tank Vessels Utilizing Potential Places of Refuge, Prince William Sound Alaska (2019)

Other Technical Reports

2023

Cedar Port and Bayou Ship Simulation Modeling Feasibility Study. Co-Authored with George Burkley (Locus) and Dennis Webb. Preapred for Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. and Lanier and Associates Consulting, Engineers.

Ship Simulation Evaluation of Targa Terminal, Houston Ship Channel. Co-Authored with George Burkley (Locus). Prepared for Schneider Engineering.

Report on Sabine Pilots Association Dispatch and Transportation Study Comparing Utilization of Pilot Boats with Helicopters. In collaboration with AECOM Engineering. Prepared for Sabine Pilots Association.

Ship Simulation Research for PLNG Terminal in Sabine Pass, TX. Co-Authored with George Burkley (Locus). Prepared for Sabine Pilots Association and Lanier & Associates Consulting, Engineers.

2022

Sabine Suezmax Basin Maneuvering Clearance Ship Simulations. Co-Authored with George Burkley (Locus). Prepared for Sabine Pilots Association and Lloyd Engineering, Inc.

Workshop Report and Pilot Guidelines: Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, Associated Branch Pilots, and Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association. Co-authored with George Burkley (Locus). Prepared for Venture Global Plaquemines LNG.

Ship Simulation Transit Scenario Modeling & Ship Pilot Study of the Maritime Implications for Commercial Ship Transits of the Proposed Houston Ship Channel Gate Complex. Co-Authored with George Burkley (Locus) and Dennis Webb. Prepared for Greater Houston Port Bureau. 

Testimony and Exhibits in Support of Increase Pilot Complement Request for Action made by New Orleans – Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association made to Pilotage Fee Commission, State of Louisiana (Docket No. P22-005). Prepared on behalf of New Orleans – Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (Louisiana).  

Report on Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) Concerning Galveston – Texas City Pilots and Royal Caribbean Group. Prepared for Galveston – Texas City Pilots.

Pilot Familiarization with Navigating the Shoal at The Petroleum Cementer Terminal at the Port of Alaska. Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Alaska. 

Port of Houston Vessel Traffic and Business Impact due to Project 11 Dredging: Modeling and Operations Forecasting. Co-authored with AECOM and Maritime Pilots Institute. Prepared for Houston Pilots Association.

2021   

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Anchorage Modernization Program. Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Alaska.

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program: Matson D7 and Maunalei Cargo Ships

  • Prepared for Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska, and Jacobs Engineering

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program: TOTE Orca Class Cargo Ship

  • Prepared for Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska, and Jacobs Engineering

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program: Medium Range Tank Ship

  • Prepared for Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska, and Jacobs Engineering

Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program: Cruise Ship and Navy Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-On / Roll-Off

  • Prepared for Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska, and Jacobs Engineering

Kodiak Ship Simulation Research and Pilot Familiarization concerning the Maunaeli, 2500 Container Ship Calling on the Port of Kodiak, Alaska

  • Prepared for Matson Navigation Company

A Maritime Perspective of an Offshore Trestle Dock Design as part of the Port of Alaska Modernization Project

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Alaska

2020

Mariner Table-top Review of Port of Alaska Modernization Program Phase 2 “Hybrid” and “Modified” Concept Designs

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Alaska

2019

"Marine Simulations Conducted on Behalf of the Houston Pilots to Evaluate and Compare 700' and 800' Wide Proposed Houston Ship Channel, Channel Varients" (2019) - Co-authored with George B. Burkley, LOCUS LLC

  • Prepared for Houston Pilots Association

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Maneuvers by an Edison Chouest Offshore Escort Tugboat to Arrest a Tank Vessel in Prince William Sound" (2019)

  • Prepared for Alyeska Pipeline’s Ship Escort / Response Vessel System

"Report of Edison Chouest Offshore Tugboat Operators Familiarization Using Ship Simulations with Vessel Maneuvers Performed by South West Alaska Pilots Association Members during High Wind Events at Port Valdez" (2019)

  • Prepared for Alyeska Pipeline Services Company, Edison Chouest Offshore, and Southwest Alaska Pilots Association

2018

“Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of Maneuvering TOTE and Matson Vessels during Re-Phasing of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program” (2018)

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Alaska

2017

“Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of Emergency Self-Arrest of a Tank Vessel in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska” (2017)

  • Prepared for Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council

“Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Dredge Line, Anchorage Port Modernization Program” (2017)

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Anchorage

2016

“Ship Simulation and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications for Tank Vessels Utilizing Potential Places of Refuge, Mid-Prince William Sound Alaska” (2016)

  • Prepared for Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council

“Ship Simulation Modeling and Mariner Study of the Maritime Implications of the Port of Anchorage Modernization Project: Analysis of Tugboat Assist” (2016)

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Anchorage

2015

“Mariner Study and Ship Simulation Modeling of the Maritime Implications for the Port of Anchorage Modernization Project” (2015)

  • Prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Port of Anchorage

2014

“Maritime Navigational Analysis: Hawk Inlet, Alaska” (2014)

  • Prepared for Hecla Mining, Greens Creek Mining

“A Maritime Navigation Risk Assessment of Port MacKenzie, Alaska” (2014)

  • Prepared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough

2013

“Maritime Simulation of Preliminary Design: Seward Marine Industrial Center” (2013)

  • Prepared for R&M Consultants, Inc.

2012

“Maritime Navigational Risk Analysis of Shipping North Slope Liquefied Natural Gas: A Comparison of Nikiski, Cook Inlet versus Valdez, Prince William Sound Alaska” (2012)

  • Prepared for Alaska Gasline Port Authority

All photographs by Janet Pierce.                                                                                        aksafeguardmarine@gmail.com