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Engineering Excellence for Marine Industry

At Pelican Marine Design, LLC, we provide expert engineering and naval architecture services to ensure vessels are efficient, compliant, and built to last. Our team specializes in design, analysis, and modifications for shipyards, vessel owners, and marine professionals nationwide.

Comprehensive Marine Engineering Solutions

Naval Architecture

Naval architecture is the art and science of developing the hull characteristics to create an efficient, working vessel that functions according to the owner’s requirements and also to the regulatory requirements. Our naval architects are experienced at developing and integrating these characteristics into new designs as well as in modifications of existing vessels for shipyards, vessel owners and other clients. Below are a few of our naval architectural services and products:

  • General Arrangements
  • Hull Form Generation and Lines Plan
  • Resistance and Powering Calculations
  • Weight Estimating and Calculations
  • Inclining Experiments or Stability Tests
  • Intact Stability and Damage Stability Calculations including Probabilistic
  • Trim and Stability Booklets
  • Ship Motions Calculations
  • Maneuverability and Rudder Design
  • Tank Capacities & Sounding Tables or Strapping Tables
  • Fire & Safety Diagrams

Vessel Structural Analysis

Whether a vessel is large or small, it still must be strong enough to handle the rigors of its intended service throughout its lifetime. At Pelican Marine Design, we support this by designing robust structure through analysis and first principles calculations that result in a design that meets the applicable regulatory criteria whether it is from American Bureau of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas, US Navy or others. Below are a few examples of our structural analysis capabilities:

  • Hull Scantling Calculations
  • Structural Arrangement and Drawing Development
  • Midship Section Development
  • Hull Girder Section Modulus Calculation
  • Longitudinal Strength
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Foundation Design
  • Vibration and Natural Frequency Calculations

Marine Engineering

The marine engineers at Pelican Marine Design combine their years of experience with knowledge of the latest regulations to create the internal systems that are vital to a vessel’s operation and survival. Here are some of our marine engineering services:

  • Piping System Design
  • Machinery Arrangements
  • Propulsion System Design
  • Steering Gear Design
  • Ventilation System Design
  • Exhaust System Design
  • Equipment Sizing, Selection and Specification

Vessel Modifications

Ships and boats often require modifications in order to stay competitive, win new contracts or to simply become compliant with the latest regulations. PMD’s shipbuilding and design experience allows us to create efficient and cost-effective solutions that both fulfill our clients’ needs and also assist in shortening the vessel’s time in the shipyard to get it back to work. Recent examples of our work include:

  • Pushboat Re-powering
  • Box cooler installation
  • Tank modifications
  • Piping modifications
  • Deck foundations
  • Tow Knee modification
  • OSV Crane foundation
  • Rescue boat davit foundation
  • Helideck leg foundations
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Cargo Securing & Loadout Support

We provide cargo securing calculations and arrangements for inland and offshore cargoes. We also can provide the necessary strength and ballasting calculations for the loadout.

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Shipyard Production Support

Our history and experience in a large shipyard enables us to provide some of the crucial services needed to build and modify vessels.

  • Detail design
  • Unit lifts and turns
  • Regulatory liaison
  • Drydocking calculations & support
  • On-site support
  • Hurricane mooring calculations
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Legal & Insurance Services

  • Marine Expert Witness
  • Marine Forensic Analysis
  • Underwriter's Support
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Naval Engineering

Our skill set includes engineering of modern U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels to current Design Practices and Criteria Manuals (DPC) standards as well as older Design Data Sheet (DDS) and Naval Ships’ Technical Manual (NSTM) standards. Here are a few of those skills:

  • Intact & damage stability calculations
  • Strength of structural members
  • Longitudinal strength
  • Structure to resist gun & weapon blast
  • Helicopter Deck Strength
  • Mooring calculations
  • Amphib Ballast/Deballast
  • Weight calculations & reporting via SWBS breakdown
  • Selected Record Drawing development & revision