NRC Announces
Equipment Purchases
The National Response Corpora-
tion (NRC) announced equipment
purchases which conclude the major
part of its program for meeting OPA
90 requirements. The purchases
include the following high capacity
skimmers, containment systems and
boom, storage barges and work plat-
forms:
—15 Desmi DOP 250 Pumps
—37 High Capacity Vacuum
Transfer Units
—12 28-ft. Kvichak Marine Boom
Handling/Skimmer Support Boats
—15 Marco Belt Skimmers
—18 Vikoma Fastflo Skimmers
—12 Vikoma High Capacity, Ad-
justable Weir Skimmers
—1 50,000-ft. Oil Stop Inflatable
Offshore Containment Boom
—1 100,000-ft. Containment Sys-
tems Nearshore Containment Boom
—17 Containment Systems Rope
Mop Skimmers
—109 Flatbed and Box Trailers
supplied by Island Equipment
—17 MEG Weir Disc Catamaran
Skimmers
—58 40-foot x 8-foot x 4-foot Por-
table Barges
The Vikoma skimmers were pur-
chased through Ocean Management
Services of Gladstone, N.J., a dis-
tributor for the British-based manu-
facturer. The offshore containment
boom supplier is Oil Stop, Inc., a
subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co. Of
the 37 vacuum transfer units, 10 are
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27 are manufactured by Guz
Manufacturing, Inc. of Birmingh
Ala.
Mark Miller, president of N
commented, "The completion of
procurement program for equipn
enables us to move forward tow
OPA's August 18th deadline,
expect deliveries to commence ]\
15, with final delivery well befo
the OPA 90 target date."
Shearer & Assoc. Announc
Delivery of Two Barges
Nashville Bridge Company built two 260-foc
hopper barges.
Ed Shearer, president of Shear
& Assoc., Inc., announced that Nas
ville Bridge Company has deliveri
two 260 foot x 52 foot x 14 foot inlar
service covered hopper barges f
use by Texasgulf, Inc., in movir
products to and from the port i
Morehead City, N.C.
Each barge has a capacity in e:
cess of 3,100 short tons at 9.5-fo<
draft and will be used to carry bul
phosphate and other products fc
Texasgulfs Aurora, N.C. operatioi
The barges have integral ballast sys
tems and are fitted with speciallj
designed fiberglass covers fror
Syntechnics of Paducah, Ky. A
though the barges are designed fo
inland service, the framing and ex
tensive coating systems are suitabl
for operation in the salt water envi
ronment of the Atlantic Intracoasta
Waterway.
Shearer & Assoc., Inc. developec
the barge design after extensiv<
analysis of Texasgulfs tonnage re
quirements, operating environ
ments, cargo handling needs anc
barge strength and weight consider-
ations. Shearer & Assoc., Inc. alsc
provided full-time owner represen-
tation during construction of the
barges and worked with Texasgulf s
personnel subsequent to delivery.
Jurong Shipyard Wins
Contract To Elongate
Three Container Ships
Jurong Shipyard won a contract
from Taiwan-based Evergreen
Group to elongate three Panamax:
container vessels.
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