[4] Michael T. Black joined his brothers in 1982 working in an administrative and sales capacity from Moran’s Headquarters Office in Rhode Island.

Upon F. Robert’s retirement in 1985, James and Michael acquired ownership of the company and continued the efforts of expanding its presence throughout North America.

[10] Today, Moran Shipping has more than 150 full-time employees in 22 offices in the United States and Europe, and provides assistance at more than 100 ports along the East, Gulf and West Coasts for all sizes and types of vessels.

[19] The building was built in 1911 by Clark, Howe and Homer in a colonial revival style and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

[21] The Building's renovation was completed in 2010, and is designed to provide a new LEED certified corporate headquarters for the Moran Shipping Agency.

[23] The building features several private offices, a glass-walled conference room that is suspended within the former library stacks, an operations’ center, an administrative area in the large vaulted former auditorium, and a new glass and brick enclosed stairwell addition.

[25] Jason Kelly (of Moran Shipping) says that the two wells have provided all the energy that was needed to completely heat and cool the building.

The well will provide a constant source of water ranging from 46 to 50 degrees that will be pumped up to at a rate of 78 gallons per minute to a heat exchanger, and then recycled back into the building.