Page 10: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (July 15, 1969)

First Chemical Barge For Lakes And Rivers Under Construction With the first barge ever built for chemical service on both the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, The Dow Chemical Com-pany will start marine shipments of bulk liquid chemicals late this summer between Bay City, Mich., and the Gulf Coast. The American Marine Corpora-tion at New Orleans is building a 2,400-ton barge to hold both pres-surized and non-pressurized liquid chemicals. It will be 260-feet long and 50-feet wide with a nine-foot depth. Present barge systems necessi-tate the transfer of cargoes between river and Lake barges at Chicago. Barges now in service on the Great Lakes and Mississippi River are operated by different transportation companies, and river barges are not built to meet the additional requirements of Great Lakes serv-ice. From Bay City the barge will transport chemicals to Freeport, Texas; Plaquemine, La., and Dow's Gulf Coast terminals for sale and for further processing. From Dow plants at Freeport and Plaquemine and from Dow's Gulf Coast sup-1894 Hughes delivers shipment of coal, Philadelphia to New York, via Delaware & Raritan Canal, on barge drawn by mules. 1969 Hughes delivers pressure tank components, New Orleans to Maracaibo, Venezuela, on one of the world's largest deck cargo-carrying barges, towed by 4,000 BHP diesel tug. 75 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN WATER TRANSPORTATION HUGHES BR0S..K. JAMES HUQHES.MC. I.C.C. W-463 CLEARING HOUSE FOR MARINE DIFFICULTIES SINCE 1894 / 17 BATTERY PLACE, NEW YORK, 10004?(212) 944-1048 pliers, the barge will transport chemicals for sale and for further processing at the company's plants in Midland and Bay City and at Chicago terminals. The barge also will provide for transhipment of chemicals between the West Coast and Bay City. At Gulf Coast ports, cargoes will be transferred to and from oceangoing ships for transport via the Panama Canal. James M. Scovic, manager of Dow's Midland Division Services, said the start of river-Lake barge operations is part of a plan for in-creased use of water transportation. He said Dow also is shipping prod-ucts between the East Coast and Bay City via the Great Lakes and the New York State Barge Canal. In addition to expanded activity in domestic water transportation, the Midland Division expects to reach a new peak in overseas ship-ments of products to and from Bay City this summer. Luckenbach Appoints Quinn General Mgr. Of Shaw Company Don Quinn Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. has announced the appointment of Don Quinn as general manager of Shaw Company, a new division of Luckenbach doing business in the ports of Miami, Port Everglades, West Palm Beach and Port Ca-naveral. Edgar F. Luckenbach Jr., presi-dent of the firm, stated that Mr. Quinn brings to the parent com-pany a youthful vitality and mature judgment that will undoubtedly produce most beneficial results in the new Luckenbach endeavor. Mr. Quinn is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and has served, since 1958, as vice-president of operations with the firm of Boise-Griffin Steamship Company, handling the operations of three major foreign-flag liner services. Halter Marine To Build Twin-Screw Tug? Buys Lockport Plant Halter Marine Services, Inc., Lock-part, La., has purchased the plant of Lockport Barge Line, also in Lock-port. A twin-screw tug will be built at the latter plant for Tricomar S.A. of Maracaibo, Venezuela, having di-mensions of 82 feet by 26 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 9 inches. Designed Hull No. 225, it will be equipped with 1,700-total-bhp diesel-propelling ma-chinery. 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News