Wall Shipyard Completes Custom Sand Barge For RJM

The recent arrival of the giant sand barge Codrington to unload her first cargo at the Jarry Industrial Zone on Guadeloupe marked the beginning of a unique sand mining operation by Red Jacket Mines, Ltd. (RJM), headquartered in St. John's, Antigua.

A key link in the operation is the Codrington, a custom-designed sand barge constructed at the Wall Shipyard in New Orleans at a cost of more than one million dollars. The most innovative feature of the barge is the unloading equipment; she is automated to be self-discharging at the rate of 500 tons per hour. The new unit is the first of a proposed fleet of special oceangoing barges for RJM.

Preparation for the project was a long and careful one, more than a year in the planning. RJM had already constructed a 1,000-foot loading dock on the south coast of Barbuda. The tiny island is the only site in the Caribbean that produces the particular kind of coral sand rated superior for use in construction.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 36, Jun 15, 1980

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