Jack-up barges and lift boats demand rigorous stability, jacking, and structural checks. We reduce program risk with disciplined analyses and review-ready documentation—so your procurement moves faster with fewer iterations.
• Stability & jacking envelopes for operating limits
• Structural FEA for legs, racks, chords, and hulls
• Mooring & wind loading; fatigue & buckling checks
• Class/regulatory liaison and submittal support
•Drawing packages aligned to review checklists
Stability & Jacking Analyses
Operating and survival conditions, preload guidance, jacking curves, and operating windows.
Structural FEA (Finite-Element Analysis)
Linear/nonlinear, buckling, fatigue, and dynamic assessments with documented assumptions and margins.
Hull & Leg Structures
Global and local scantlings, leg-to-hull interfaces, racks, chords, and guides; crane and deck foundations.
Mooring & Environmental Loads
Wind, wave, current envelopes; load-path documentation; line and fender sizing.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Resistance, seakeeping, maneuvering, landing craft/near-shore hydrodynamics; model-test correlation.
Deliverables for Review
Calculation reports, drawings, ops limits, manuals, and responses to reviewer comments.
Requirements capture checklist (DoD/NAVSEA-style)
Stability book + jacking envelope + ops limits
FEA package with model description, meshes, load cases, results, and margins
Class/regulatory coordination notes and responsesDrawing set (GA, structures, details) ready for review
MiNO has completed 30+ projects in the marine construction and dredging fields including:
• Dredge design
• Deckhouse, barge, and foundation structural design and modifications
• Repowering/refurbishing
• Cargo load outs and stability
analyses
• Lifting analyses
• Wind loading
• Mooring analyses
• Mechanical auxiliary systems
• Longitudinal strength analysis
• Crane lashing
• Load line assessments
• Regulatory liaison
• Jacking site assessments & procedures
• Dry-docking calculations
MiNO-designed 335 class vessel driving jacket piles at Block Island Wind Farm
MiNO - Designed 235 Class Vessel feeding wind turbine components to WTIV
Do you provide PE-stamped packages?
Yes, on request and scope.
Can you support ABS/DNV/LR class review?
Yes, liaison and comment resolution.
What’s your typical schedule?
Concepts in weeks; full packages per scope and review cadence.
Can you work under existing vehicles?
See /contract-vehicles.
Do you deliver offline/secure?
Yes, controlled sharing available.
Our team integrates early with your reviewers, aligns assumptions, and provides clear, auditable documentation, so reviews move forward the first time.
David M. Bourg has 25 years experience as a Naval Architect involved in wide variety of projects. Before becoming an independent consultant in 1997, David spent time at Textron Marine Systems, Bollinger Shipyards, J. Ray McDermott, and Friede & Goldman.
Kenneth Humphreys holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Architecture in Marine Engineering from the University of New Orleans.
MiNO Marine, LLC
4615 South Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119, U.S.A
504.218.8162 (voice)
877.674.3450 (fax)
