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Glosten Associates To Design

New Arctic Research Vessel

The Glosten Associates Inc., a

Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, has been contracted by the University of

Alaska—Fairbanks and the Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF)

Directorate for Geosciences to pre- pare a preliminary design for a 343- foot arctic research vessel. The new vessel will serve as a national re- source dedicated to extending the

U.S.'s ability to conduct research in the Arctic Ocean.

According to naval architect Dirk

H. Kristensen of The Glosten Asso- ciates, the new vessel will be a "multi- disciplinary research platform fea- turing the latest in high-tech, ice- breaking hull design. Conceptual design studies estimate a total in- stalled propulsion power of approxi- mately 18,000 hp."

Conceptual design will be for a 343-foot vessel with an 84-foot beam, able to comfortably accommodate up to 36 scientists and a crew of 26.

The vessel will have a l,970-sq.-ft. covered staging bay and two cov- ered "Baltic" rooms which will pro- vide direct access to the ship's side for instrument deployment. The ves- sel will also have 9,860-sq.-ft. of ex- terior working decks, and a helicop- ter landing pad will accommodate a

Jayhawk H60J search and rescue helicopter. The initial timeline calls for construction to begin in 1995, with a delivery date for 1996-97.

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The Glosten Associates collaborated on the hull form with the

Hamburgische Schiffbau

Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) of Ham- burg, Germany, and AKAC, Inc. of

Calgary, Alberta will assist with ice- related hull and propulsion issues.

For more information on the new vessel from The Glosten Associates

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Trinity Delivers Double

Hull Petroleum Barge To

Bouchard Transportation Co.

Trinity Industries' Double Hull Petroleum Barge

The largest double hull barge on the West Coast meeting and exceed- ing (OPA '90) requirements has been delivered by Gretna Machine & Iron

Works, Inc., a subsidiary of Trinity

Industries, Inc., to Bouchard Trans- portation Co., Hicksville, N.Y.

The Bouchard No. 230 is 467 feet long, with an 80-foot beam, a 36-foot depth, and a fully loaded draft of 26 feet.

The B. No. 230 is chartered to

Mobil Shipping Co., Fairfax, Va., for transportation of crude oil on the

West Coast. It will be based out of

Los Angeles, Calif., along with the tug Ralph E. Bouchard, a 127-foot, 6,140 hp raised pilot house tug.

B. No. 230 is equipped with 16 cargo tanks, for a carrying capacity of 19, 680 long tons, a 12 million

BTU Va-Power Thermal Fluid

Heater, a Permea Inert Gas System and a segregated ballast system to be transferred by two diesel driven deepwell pumps carried between the double hull. On deck, the B. No. 230 is equipped with a separate pollu- tion staging warehouse equipped with emergency booms, two 10-ton capacity Appleton cargo hose han- dling cranes, four New England

Trawler wire rope mooring winches, and one dual anchor New England

Trawler windlass.

Yim Sworn In As Deputy

Maritime Administrator

Joan Yim was sworn in as deputy administrator of the Maritime Ad- ministration by Secretary of Trans- portation Federico Pena. Mr.

Pena said Ms. Yim has a broad experience in policy analysis, interagency coordination and gov- ernment affairs. She was a super- vising planner with the Honolulu office of Parsons, Brinckerhoff,

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