Marine Storage Buildings, Shelters and Structures Projects

Maher Terminals

Maher Terminals, one of the world's biggest independent multi-user container terminal operators, recently purchased an installed two Rubb BVR structures for their Elizabeth City, New Jersey facility. Both buildings measure 50’ (15.24m) x 83.3’ (25.4m) with 19.7’ (6m) and will be used to house Maher's chassis repair operation.

Boat Storage Facility at Townsend Bay Marine

Rubb Buildings built a custom yacht storage facility for Townsend Bay Marine in Port Townsend, Washington. The structure, a 60' x 112.5' NV Range building, features a 45' vertical sidewall and an open end gable. Vessels up to 110' are moved into the facility with a 300 ton Travel lift.

Townsend Bay Marine is a full service boatbuilding and repair facility specializing in the construction and refitting of high end yachts. Key considerations in their selection of Rubb were the translucent roof, high sidewalls, and the ability to relocate the structure in the future.

Hospital Ship Gets New Rubb Hangar

Rubb Buildings and Protec, Inc. recently completed a shipboard project for the USNS Mercy, a 900' Military Sealift Command hospital ship. The two companies manufactured and erected a 40'w x 48' BVE range structure with 16.4' sidewalls that will hangar two Blackhawk helicopters. These aircraft will support a new 5 month humanitarian mission to the Pacific and Far East. Rubb's design included an I-beam foundation, cargo and personnel doors, and provisions for lifting by crane.

The Mercy is based out of San Diego and has been in service since its commissioning in 1986. Most recently, the ship played a critical role in Operation Unified Assistance, the multi-national relief effort which supported many countries in Southeast Asia in the wake of the Dec 26, 2005 tsunami that devastated that region. For more information regarding the Mercy and its vital role, check out its website at www.mercy.navy.mil All of us at Rubb Buildings and Protec, Inc. are proud to support this fine ship and her wonderful crew.

Rubb Cocoons Protect Military Cargo

Rubb Buildings recently completed its third major marine protection enclosure system for the US Military Sealand Command. The controlled environment "cocoon" system consists of a total of ten individual enclosures positioned on the Captain Steven L. Bennett, a ship owned by Sealift, Inc. of Oyster Bay, New York. The vessel is under long term charter to the US Military as part of its pre-positioning program.

The overall Rubb cocoon system aboard the Captain Steven L. Bennet measures approximately 100 feet wide by over 400 feet long with heights up to 38 feet. The system encloses over 1.2 million cubic feet and is fully insulated and sealed to protect expensive military cargo from the marine environment, and to allow regulation of the interior temperature and humidity. This latest cocoon is more than double the size of the average Rubb cocoon systems built to date, and the entire project involved over 15,000 person hours to design, manufacture and install.

The Rubb structure consists of a high strength hot-dip galvanized wide flange beam framework that is clad with 28 ounce and 32 ounce per square yard PVC coated polyester membrane panels. The system is designed for 100 mph wind speeds acting in combination with the substantial forces associated with heavy rolling seas.

The Rubb system has been proven through extended use in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.

The individual cocoon sections are provided with a wheeled track system that rides upon a standard railroad-type rail that is secured to longitudinal tubes fitted on the port and starboard container posts. This allows the cocoon sections to quickly "telescope" together to allow for access to stored cargo and efficient loading and off loading.

Rubb, a world leader in land based relocatable membrane clad structures, pioneered this type of cocoon system with Van Ommeren Shipping's Strong Virginian in 1992. This first cocoon was, in Van Ommeren's words, an "unqualified success." The Strong Virginian cocoon traveled hundreds of thousands of nautical miles prior to being retired to land-based use as part of a museum restoration project in the Netherlands in 1997.

David C. Nickerson, Vice President and General Manager of Rubb, Inc. states that "Rubb, to its knowledge, is the only company to successfully provide enclosures of this magnitude. We have also successfully supplied marine protection systems including floating structures for use as yacht storage enclosures and to protect fish farms".

The RUBB organization, with production facilities in the United States, Great Britain and Norway, is recognized as a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of relocatable structures.

For more Information:
The container ship M/V Captain Steven L. Bennett can be found on this site under US flag vessels. www.sealiftinc.com

Rubb'S Capability, Flexibility, And Speed --
The Key For Global Ship Systems

A unique 'relocatable' Rubb structure has proven to be the perfect solution for protecting luxury yachts from weather while they are undergoing maintenance and refitting at Global Ship Systems in Savannah, Georgia.

Rubb Buildings designed and manufactured four 83' long modules (joined structurally to function as two 166' sections) to provide complete cover for Global Ship Systems's 73' wide x 332' long dry-dock enclosure. The sections have sidewalls of 58' with an interior peak height of over 70'. The entire Rubb structure is mounted on rollers to allow its four sections to be moved out of the way while a ship is moved in and out of dry dock. Furthermore, the two 166' sections index under each other to allow access to different areas of the vessel. Each 83' module has a 15' x 15' sliding door on each side, providing easy access for material handling and multiple gangway locations. The waterside door consists of five stacked panels that slide into steel beam guides. This door system allows complete access into the waterside end of the structure. The rear gable has 22' x 25' roller shutter doors to provide access and to allow ship alignment during docking.

The hot-dipped galvanized steel frame is covered with a high quality PVC coated polyester membrane and the entire Rubb structure is light enough to be easily moved. The structure was designed to be fully compliant with local building codes in an area that is prone to hurricanes. As Global Ship Systems's Mr. Jim Stribling commented, "We are delighted with this new Rubb facility and especially the short time it took to complete the project. Construction only took six weeks."

Swan Hunters Shipyard

Swan Hunters Shipyard (SHS) leased and purchased numerous shelters in the early 80's. In 1983 they purchased a 25m (82 ft) span x 48m (160 ft) long Building with 7m (23 ft) sidewalls to be used as an Engine assembly and Test facility. This building was fitted out with a Gantry crane, and the idea was to have parts of the engine room built and tested as the ship was being constructed.

This building was later dismantled and re-assembled in another part of the shipyard. In 1985 SHS purchased four identical 27m (90 ft) wide x 24m (80 ft) long structures with 11.75m (38') sidewalls. These were open ended and provided with special wheel assemblies and lifting points. This enabled them to transverse on a railway track - laid by others - and be lifted by existing over-head cranes. These cover areas of the ships during construction eliminating a considerable amount of protective scaffolding and time-consuming labor.

These very large structures have in the past been moved down river, on barges, from one shipyard to another. In 1990 they purchased 2 more 27m (90 ft) wide x 24m (80 ft) long structures with 11.75m (38 ft) sidewalls. These structures had one open gable end and one closed gable end to enable them to have a fully enclosed fabrication/painting hall.

In 1991, to provide more versatility, SHS purchased demountable ends to enable them to close off several modules when required.

These structures are still in service today and Swan Hunters Shipyards is using them on recently secured contracts.

Inquire now to see learn Rubb marine buildings can meet your marine storage requirements.