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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. Bollinger Drydock potential dif? culties associated with program was created to promote safer Bouchard Transportation switching from heavy fuel oil to ma- and cleaner inland navigation and Wins Environmental rine gas oil and discusses which tech- advocates an integrated approach for Achievement Awards nologies can best help vessels ful? ll European inland waterways. Forty-three Bouchard Transportation new emissions requirements. DNV Co., Inc. vessels have been honored by

GL has also developed a ship-speci? c Remarkable Year of Grain, The Chamber of Shipping America

Fuel Change-Over Calculator (FCO) Steel Boosts Seaway Season (CSA) with Certi? cates of Environ- to help vessel owners and operators As the season quickly approaches mental Achievement. The awards, given determine the ideal parameters for its end, St. Lawrence Seaway cargo out in mid-November, recognize vessels their vessel’s fuel change-over. The shipments were expected to ? nish that have operated for two full years or software uses a numerical simulation ahead of 2013 after a remarkable year more without an environmental inci- which is more accurate than previ- of grain exports and steel imports. dent. In total, the 43 vessels achieved ous linear models and delivers insight According to the St. Lawrence Sea- the equivalent of 601 years without in- into the optimized lead time for the way, total cargo shipments reached cident. Twenty-four of the honored ves- change-over process, its costs and the 34.6 million metric tons for the pe- sels have gone without environmental maximum hourly consumption to riod from March 25 to November incident for 10 or more years.

meet constraints. 30 — up 5 percent over the same period last year. Seaway management Bollinger Adds 12,000 Tons

Port of Amsterdam Rewards expected the season will close ahead of Dry Dock Lifting Power

Green Award-Certi? ed Barges of last year by a similar margin. Grain Bollinger has augmented its net lift-

The Port of Amsterdam will be shipments (Canadian and U.S.) tal- ing power by another 12,000 tons with joining the Green Award program lied 10.1 million metric tons, up 44 the additions of two new dry-docks. for inland barges on 1 January 2015, percent over 2013. The vast majority The docks will position Bollinger for making it the ? rst port to reward of that uplift has come from record its diverse markets and further en- vessels based on their Green Award Canadian crops, but U.S. grain to hance its capacity at two locations. level. The level a vessel has attained date is also up by 30 percent. Grain Terms and conditions of the purchase – Bronze, Silver or Gold – will de- shipments through the Port of Toledo were not made available. One of the termine the discount on the Inland have been at their highest level in four docks, a 10,500 ton dry-dock will be

Harbor Dues its operator pays for years. Renewed construction activity located at the Bollinger Port Fourchon

Amsterdam harbor waters. The Port and automotive manufacturing lifted facility, and measures 320-ft. x 100-ft. has been an incentive provider for steel shipments by 80 percent to 2.2 between the wing walls. Bollinger now sea-faring vessels carrying the Green million metric tons this season with has three commercial dry-docks locat-

Award certi? cate for many years now, ports including Detroit, Toledo, Mil- ed in Fourchon with a combined lift- and starting in 2015 the Port will also waukee and Cleveland all bene? tting ing capacity of over 22,000 tons. The be giving discounts to Green Award- from the increase. second dock, a 1,500 ton dry-dock certi? ed barges. The Green Award will be located at the Bollinger Quick 55 www.marinelink.com MN

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