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Caruthersville Shipyard, St.

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Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

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Hillman Barge & Construction

Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has a contract for the construction of a 1,500-dwt tank barge for Monsanto Chemical

Co. The barge is to have a length of 195 feet, a beam of 35 feet, and a depth of 12 feet 6 inches.

Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is to build two double-raked, deck cargo barges for Material Service

Corporation. Each 1,500-dwt barge is to measure 195 feet by 35 feet by 10 feet 6 inches.

Reliance Marine Transportation & Construction Corp., Kingston,

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St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott

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La., for an oil barge. The 2,400-dwt barge is to measure 200 feet by 60 feet by 14 feet.

Todd Shipyards Corporation,

Houston Division, has laid the keel for a welded steel, unmanned, non- self-propelled tank barge for the

Alamo Barge Lines of Houston,

Texas. The vessel, which is sched- uled for completion in July 1970, will measure 195 feet by 36 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches.

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