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Barge Construction

Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La., has an order from the Canal Barge Com- pany, Inc., New Orleans, La., for four tank barges. Two will be 295 feet long and have been designated Hull Nos. 1931 and 1932; two will be 220 feet long and have been designated

Hull Nos. 1933 and 1934. All will have a beam of 50 feet, a depth of 12 feet 10 inches, and produce a total of 11,400 dwt.

Diamond Manufacturing Co., Inc., Savan- nah, Ga., has undertaken the construction of a deck barge for S.C. Loveland Co., Inc., Phila- delphia, Pa. The 1,600-dwt barge, designated

Hull No. 335, is to be 143 feet 9 inches long, have a beam of 43 feet 6 inches, and a depth of 10 feet 9 inches. It will be named Love- land 29.

Diamond also has a $166,700 contract for the construction of two steel oil barges for the

Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala. Bids for the 120-foot barges were received on May 28 by the Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., un- der IFB DACW61-70-B-0057.

Hillman Barge & Construction Co., Pitts- burgh, Pa., has a contract for the construction of a 1,500-dwt tank barge for the First National

City Bank of New York. The barge is to have a length of 195 feet, a beam of 35 feet, and a depth of 11 feet. It has been designated Hull

No. 7009.

Ingalls Iron Works Co., Birmingham, Ala., is to build four oil barges for Canal Barge Co.,

Inc., New Orleans, La. Two of the barges are to have a length of 295 feet and have been designated Hull Nos. 1764 and 1765; one is to have a length of 228 feet and has been desig- nated Hull No. 1767; and one, designated Hull

No. 1766, will be 212 feet long. The latter is a box-type barge of an integrated tow. All will have a beam of 54 feet, a depth of 13 feet, and a total of 15,800 dwt.

Also under construction at Ingalls Iron

Works are four independent tank, box-type propane barges for Union Carbide Chemical

Corporation, New York. Each 2,400-dwt barge is to have a length of 195 feet, a beam of 52 feet 6 inches and a depth of 12 feet 6 inches.

They have been designated Hull Nos. 1775 through 1778.

Sea Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, La., has been awarded a contract by Sun Oil Company, Phila- delphia, Pa., for the construction of two oil barges. Each 2,600-dwt barge is to measure 245 feet by 54 feet by 16 feet 3 inches. They have been designated Hull Nos. 208 and 209.

St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott Industries,

Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has an order from undis- closed interests for two oil barges. One barge will be 236 feet long and one 180 feet long.

Both will have a beam of 52 feet 6 inches and a depth of 12 feet 6 inches. The larger barge will be of 2,800 dwt and the smaller of 2,000 dwt.

Also under construction at the same yard are six double-skin chemical tank barges for

Union Carbide Chemical Corporation, New

York. Each 1,400-dwt barge is to have a length of 118 feet, a beam of 52 feet 6 inches, and a depth of 12 feet 6 inches. They have been designated Hull Nos. 2774 through 2779.

Paducah Marine Ways, Inc., Paducah, Ky., is building five oil barges for undisclosed in- terests. Two barges will be 118 feet long and have been designated Hull Nos. 2780 and 2781 ; three will be 236 feet long and have been desig- nated Hull Nos. 2782, 2783 and 2784. All will be 52 feet 6 inches in beam, have a depth of 12 feet 6 inches, and produce a total of 11,200 dwt.

Paducah Marine Ways also has an order for two double-skin tank barges for Brent Towing

Co., Inc., Greenville, Miss. Each 2,800-dwt barge is to be 290 feet long, 52 feet 6 inches in beam, and have a depth of 12 feet. They have been designated Hull Nos. 2769 and 2770. •

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