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FMC Corporation recently delivered the 205-foot ice-strengthened barge Arctic

Endeavor to Crowley Maritime Corporation.

FMC Launches Ice-Strengthened Barge

For Service In Beaufort Sea

FMC Corporation's Marine and

Rail Equipment Division, Port- land, Ore., recently delivered the ice-strengthened barge Arctic En- deavor to Crowley Maritime Cor- poration. At Crowley Maritime's request, FMC accelerated its pro- duction schedule by 10 days, en- abling Crowley to move the barge to the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast while the Arctic Sea ice is still open this summer.

Measuring 205 feet long by 90 feet at the widest point of its teardrop shape, the Arctic En- deavor's ice-strengthened hull will clear ice and carry deck cargo to offshore oil operations. She will be pushed by two 2,110-hp tugs, also recently acquired by Crow- ley. Designed for the shallow waters of the Beaufort Sea, Crow- ley says the Endeavor will effec- tively extend ocean supply oper- ations to the offshore rigs until the ice pack thickens enough for ice roads to be completed.

FMC launched the Endeavor from their 750-foot-capacity side- launch ways, the largest on the

West Coast. Occupying the same ways was a nearly completed 420- foot derrick barge under con- struction for Morrison-Knudsen

Company and scheduled for launching in September.

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