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BOATS AND BARGES

Trinity Delivers First Of Super Jumbo Barge Class

The Trinity Marine Group introduced a new class of Super Jumbo Hopper Barges that allows operators to double the capacity of conventional barges while reducing costs. "The secret," said John Dane III, president of the Trinity Marine Group, "is its 260-foot length and its 52.5-foot beam.

Compared to a jumbo 195- by 35-foot barge, the Super Jumbo Hopper can carry twice the cargo at the same operating draft.

That is quite significant in terms of overall operating costs. Also, they are versatile because they can be used on the upper Mississippi and

Ohio Rivers where the locks are typically 110 feet wide."

Mid-South Towing Co., a subsidiary of Teco

Transport Trade, Inc., took delivery of the first 16 giant barges produced by Trinity's

Madisonville, La. shipyard.

They were immediately loaded with 53,000 tons of coal at the Cora docks in Illinois on the upper Mississippi River and towed to the Electro-

Coal Transfer Corp., another Teco subsidiary.

The tow averaged 3,350 tons of coal per barge at a draft of 9.5 feet (2.9 m).

Donald Salsbury, vice-president and gen- eral manager of Mid-South Towing in Metropo- lis, 111., said, "Since there are fewer barges to load, transload and fleet, we are more efficient and that translates to money saved."

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The first of Trinity Marine's new Super Jumbo Hopper barges are pictured loaded with 53,000 tons of coal. The 260-foot (79-m) by 52.5-foot (16-m) barges were delivered by Trinity-Madisonville to Mid-

South Towing Co. for loading at the Cora docks in Illinois and towed to Electro-Coal Transfer Corp., Devant, La. It would have required 32 jumbo rake and box barges to carry the same load. The photo was taken on the Mississippi River just below New Orleans.

Mobil Orders Second Double-Hull VLCC From Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Mobil Corp. ordered a double- hull supertanker, identical in size and design to its Eagle supertanker, from Japan's Sumitomo Heavy In- dustries (SHI).

The vessel will carry more than two million barrels of crude oil, and like theEagle (which SHI also built), it will feature a double hull and an array of special safety features. "At issue is safety—the double- hull tanker is only part of the an- swer to safer movement of crude oil and petroleum products over wa- ter," said Gerhard Kurz, presi- dent of Mobil Shipping and Trans- portation Co.

The VLCC will measure 1,089 feet (332 m) long, and at press time the vessel was scheduled for deliv- ery in mid-1996.

The new Mobil VLCC will fea- ture: an integrated voyage navigat- ing system; a computer-directed sys- tem to detect hydrocarbon gases in ballast tanks; a new light-colored epoxy coating for ballast tanks for the early detection of rust or leak- age; and a structural strength which meets the Dynamic Load Analysis criteria of ABS.

Mobil has a fleet of 34 ocean- going tankers it owns or charters.

The company transports more than 700 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products each year.

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