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NRC Announces

Equipment Purchases

The National Response Corpora- tion (NRC) announced equipment purchases which conclude the major part of its program for meeting OPA 90 requirements. The purchases include the following high capacity skimmers, containment systems and boom, storage barges and work plat- forms: —15 Desmi DOP 250 Pumps —37 High Capacity Vacuum

Transfer Units —12 28-ft. Kvichak Marine Boom

Handling/Skimmer Support Boats —15 Marco Belt Skimmers —18 Vikoma Fastflo Skimmers —12 Vikoma High Capacity, Ad- justable Weir Skimmers —1 50,000-ft. Oil Stop Inflatable

Offshore Containment Boom —1 100,000-ft. Containment Sys- tems Nearshore Containment Boom —17 Containment Systems Rope

Mop Skimmers —109 Flatbed and Box Trailers supplied by Island Equipment —17 MEG Weir Disc Catamaran

Skimmers —58 40-foot x 8-foot x 4-foot Por- table Barges

The Vikoma skimmers were pur- chased through Ocean Management

Services of Gladstone, N.J., a dis- tributor for the British-based manu- facturer. The offshore containment boom supplier is Oil Stop, Inc., a subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co. Of the 37 vacuum transfer units, 10 are

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OPA's August 18th deadline, expect deliveries to commence ]\ 15, with final delivery well befo the OPA 90 target date."

Shearer & Assoc. Announc

Delivery of Two Barges

Nashville Bridge Company built two 260-foc hopper barges.

Ed Shearer, president of Shear & Assoc., Inc., announced that Nas ville Bridge Company has deliveri two 260 foot x 52 foot x 14 foot inlar service covered hopper barges f use by Texasgulf, Inc., in movir products to and from the port i

Morehead City, N.C.

Each barge has a capacity in e: cess of 3,100 short tons at 9.5-fo< draft and will be used to carry bul phosphate and other products fc

Texasgulfs Aurora, N.C. operatioi

The barges have integral ballast sys tems and are fitted with speciallj designed fiberglass covers fror

Syntechnics of Paducah, Ky. A though the barges are designed fo inland service, the framing and ex tensive coating systems are suitabl for operation in the salt water envi ronment of the Atlantic Intracoasta

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Contract To Elongate

Three Container Ships

Jurong Shipyard won a contract from Taiwan-based Evergreen

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