ON THE COVER
Bergeron Industries, Inc. has announced the delivery of the barge David B (shown above) to DBC C o r p o r a t i o n of America, Houston. Constructed at Bergeron's Braithwaite, La., marine facility, the David B, reportedly the largest inland service tank barge ever built, measures 370 by 54 by 12 feet and is equipped with a dual cargo pumping system and steam coils.
It is a double-skin vessel, classed by the American Bureau of Shipping, and possesses a loadline for limited offshore service. The U.S.
Coast Guard has c e r t i f i e d the barge as a Type II hull under Subchapter 0 for carriage of chemicals and other Grade A and lower flammable cargoes. Its eight cargo tanks have a total capacity of 40,313 barrels, and it can carry about 4,300 tons of cargo at a 9-foot draft. The David B is now in service transporting petroleum products between Mobile, Ala., and Vulcan Asphalt Refinery in Cordova, Ala.
Bergeron Industries has diversified its production and design capabilities, and now produces a wide range of deck barges, tank barges, chemical barges, drilling barge hulls, crane barge hulls, and other specialized equipment.
The company has general offices at St. Bernard, La., and marine facilities at Braithwaite on the Misissippi River, near the Port of New Orleans, and at Port Beinville, Miss.
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Content
- Latest Rig Order From Santa Fe Drilling Brings Total To $442 Million page: 4
- CAI Introduces New Keyboard-Operated SSB Transceiver Line page: 5
- J.J. Henry Company Opens West Coast Office In San Diego page: 7
- Hampton Roads SNAME Section Hears Paper On Rudder Torque Prediction page: 7
- $9-Million Contract For Bulk Transfer Facility Won By Dravo Wellman page: 8
- Barge Contract Raises Bath Iron's Orderbook To About $767 Million page: 8
- ON THE COVER page: 10
- A.J. Herrington Named Marketing/Sales Manager At Waukesha Bearings page: 10
- McAdams And Perk Named Construction Supers At Conrad Industries page: 10
- Marine Port Engineers Fort Schuyler Forum Scheduled For March 21 page: 10
- TBW Industries Names Manufacturing Licensee For United Kingdom page: 12
- $4-Million Contract For SPM Terminal In Java Sea Awarded To IMODCO page: 12
- P.Y. Wang Joins Lexington Transport As Senior Marine Superintendent page: 12
- Swiftships Delivers Aluminum MTU-Powered Service Vessel page: 14
- New Drydock Installed At Todd Shipyards' New Orleans Division page: 14
- J. Erik Hvide Named President And COO Of Hvide Shipping page: 14
- Hitachi Gets Order For Two More Drilling Rigs For Hunt Group page: 16
- DEBEG Watch Receiver Approved By FCC page: 16
- Hostelley To Supervise Republic's Non-Ocean Marine Transportation page: 16
- Richard Hopkins Promoted To Vice President Of J.J. Henry In Moorestown page: 17
- ALCO Power To Introduce New Model Diesel Engine —Literature Available page: 17
- Modernized Wharf In New Orleans Gives Todd Yard Expanded Capacity page: 18
- Chevron's W.H. Banks Named Board Chairman Of AIMS page: 18
- Breedlove And Berger Named To New Posts At Wall Rope Works page: 18
- Avondale To Acquire New $50-Million Drydock For Ship Repair Work page: 20
- Uniflite Gets $690,000 Navy Contract For Five Utility Boats page: 20
- 'Speed Sincher' Cuts Onboard Lashing Time —Literature Available page: 22
- Harold Smith Appointed General Manager Of Detroit Diesel Allison page: 22
- $2.6-Million Modernization Contracts Awarded To TTS By Vemar Yard page: 23
- Sail-Equipped Motorship Feasible page: 24
- Gems Level Switches Meet Latest Self-Checking Capability Requirements page: 28
- Three Executive Promotions Made By Tidewater Marine— Allgood Named President page: 31
- William Black Appointed President Of Moran Transportation Industries page: 36
- Spanish Ferry Company Adds Second Jetfoil In Canary Islands Service page: 38
- ASNE Section Meeting Held At Naval Submarine Base In New London page: 38
- Chick And Davie Named Regional Sales Managers For Gdynia America Line page: 40
- Non-Slip Deck Coating Helps Prevent Falls Aboard Rigs And Ships page: 40
- COMSAT To Sponsor Maritime Satellite Seminar On April 29 page: 41
- San Diego SNAME Hears Paper On Ship Machinery Automation page: 41
- Navire Linkspan To Serve Isle Of Man RO/RO Operation page: 42
- $2-Million Federal Grant Awarded To Massport For Pier Renovation page: 42
- R.B. Bittner Named VP And Chief Engineer For Riedel International page: 42
- Raytheon Building $1.4-Million Magnetic Measuring System For USN page: 43
- $1.9-Million Navy Contract Awarded To Nationwide Boiler Rentals page: 43
- Shipboard Electrical Cable Discussed At New York SNAME page: 44
- Transamerica Delaval Licensed To Build Stork-Werkspoor Diesel page: 44
- Racal Electronics Plans To Acquire Full Ownership Of ITT Decca Marine page: 45
- Waste Heat Recovery Handbook Available From American-Standard page: 45
- Foss Seattle Shipyard Named Cummins Dealer For Parts And Service page: 46
- Chen Named General Manager, Tan Sales And Commercial Manager, Of Sembawang Yard page: 46
- W.E. Haggett Appointed President And COO Of Bath Iron Works page: 47
- McFadden And Klose Appointed Assistant Vice Presidents At J.J. Henry page: 47
- Northern California SNAME Hears Paper On RO/RO Ships page: 48
- J.M. Blenkhorn Appointed President And CEO Of Equitable Shipyards page: 48
- Boeing Sells $13.7-Million Jetfoil To Indonesia page: 48
- New HITCO Brochure Covers High-Temperature Insulation Textiles page: 49
- IHI Delivers VLCC 'Nissho Maru' To Idemitsu Tanker Company page: 49
- SNAME Philadelphia Section Discusses Finite Element Method page: 62
- Vosper Limited Group Gets Three Contracts Worth $29 Million Total page: 62
- Newest Waterman Steamship LASH/Containership Enters Service page: 62