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CEO/President:

Greg Beers, P.E.

Bristol Harbor Group, Inc.

THE COMPANY: THE COMPANY:

Boksa Marine Design, Inc. is a full-service naval archi- Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) is a full service naval tecture and marine design ? rm located in Lithia, Florida. architecture, marine engineering and consulting ? rm located

Specializing in full scale design, engineering and produc- on the harbor in Bristol, Rhode Island. In business for more tion services to the commercial marine industry and shal- than 25 years, the ? rm has produced numerous designs, to low draft market, and providing naval architecture and which hundreds of vessels have been built. BHGI specializes marine engineering for inland marine solutions, the ? rm’s in commercial vessel design and consulting and has experi- high-performance towboats and barges are designed and ence with tugs, barges, Articulated Tug/Barge Units (ATB), engineered for challenging river conditions. Boksa cre- passenger vessels, workboats, dredges and ? oating dry docks. ates powerful, rugged, maneuverable river push boats and The BHGI team of dedicated professionals hail from some of stable barges. Boksa provides the desired scope of work, the best naval architecture schools in the country and BHGI including complete naval architecture, design and marine utilizes state of the art computer modeling and design tools. engineering services for the shallow draft market and in- Some of the naval architecture services provided include, but land river marine solutions, as well as providing produc- are not limited to structural analysis, ? nite element analysis tion engineering or re? t engineering management for on- (FEA), deadweight surveys, hydrodynamic analyses utilizing going projects and consulting and project management. computational ? uid dynamics (CFD), and hydrostatic analy-

Notable recent workboat projects include the tug Yankee, sis. BHGI also offers a wide range of marine engineering ser- which involved managed engineering for re? t and repower. vices. BHGI offers a full spectrum of services from concept

The ? rm also performed naval architecture, design, engi- design through shipyard selection and construction oversight. neering for the R/V WT Hogarth, a 98-foot coastal class This can include detail design, implementation of tests and research vessel. Additionally, the ? rm’s work includes many trials, and eventual lifecycle management and maintenance dry docking calculations for USCG vessels at various ship- support. In 2015, BHGI was contracted by Conrad Shipyard yards as well as many stability and regulatory compliance in Amelia, LA to develop the design for three (3) 80,000 BBL projects on Subchapter T Small Passenger Vessels. ATB oil barge units. The design is complete. BHGI is provid- ing miscellaneous shipyard support through the delivery of

THE CASE: the ? nal vessel. Of note to U.S. inland stakeholders, BHGI

Combining short river and long sea navigation, Boksa completed the design of a USACE wicket lifting vessel for

Marine Design designs and engineers boats and barges that operation at Olmsted Lock & Dam on the Ohio River in sail safely, accommodating river draft restrictions while be- 2017. The vessel was delivered in the 1st quarter of 2018 and ing ef? ciently fueled for a long navigation at sea. BMD is currently undergoing testing and crew training.

creates powerful, maneuverable high-performance tow- boats and stable barges for the shallow draft market. Every THE CASE:

Boksa boat is a truly rugged vessel with excellent seakeep- Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) is one of the lead- ing capabilities. Because the ? rm’s naval architects and ma- ing naval architecture and marine engineering ? rms in the rine engineers are also working sailors, their commercial country. Constantly innovating, BHGI has years of experi- marine and shallow draft designs are engineered like small ence providing naval architecture, marine engineering, and ships that they’d actually take to sea. project consulting services to the marine industry.

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