Glosten Associates To Design
New Arctic Research Vessel
The Glosten Associates Inc., a
Seattle-based naval architecture and
marine engineering firm, has been
contracted by the University of
Alaska—Fairbanks and the Na-
tional Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences to pre-
pare a preliminary design for a 343-
foot arctic research vessel. The new
vessel will serve as a national re-
source dedicated to extending the
U.S.'s ability to conduct research in
the Arctic Ocean.
According to naval architect Dirk
H. Kristensen of The Glosten Asso-
ciates, the new vessel will be a "multi-
disciplinary research platform fea-
turing the latest in high-tech, ice-
breaking hull design. Conceptual
design studies estimate a total in-
stalled propulsion power of approxi-
mately 18,000 hp."
Conceptual design will be for a
343-foot vessel with an 84-foot beam,
able to comfortably accommodate
up to 36 scientists and a crew of 26.
The vessel will have a l,970-sq.-ft.
covered staging bay and two cov-
ered "Baltic" rooms which will pro-
vide direct access to the ship's side
for instrument deployment. The ves-
sel will also have 9,860-sq.-ft. of ex-
terior working decks, and a helicop-
ter landing pad will accommodate a
Jayhawk H60J search and rescue
helicopter. The initial timeline calls
for construction to begin in 1995,
with a delivery date for 1996-97.
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The Glosten Associates collaborated
on the hull form with the
Hamburgische Schiffbau
Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) of Ham-
burg, Germany, and AKAC, Inc. of
Calgary, Alberta will assist with ice-
related hull and propulsion issues.
For more information on the new
vessel from The Glosten Associates
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Trinity Delivers Double
Hull Petroleum Barge To
Bouchard Transportation Co.
Trinity Industries' Double Hull Petroleum Barge
The largest double hull barge on
the West Coast meeting and exceed-
ing (OPA '90) requirements has been
delivered by Gretna Machine & Iron
Works, Inc., a subsidiary of Trinity
Industries, Inc., to Bouchard Trans-
portation Co., Hicksville, N.Y.
The Bouchard No. 230 is 467 feet
long, with an 80-foot beam, a 36-foot
depth, and a fully loaded draft of 26
feet.
The B. No. 230 is chartered to
Mobil Shipping Co., Fairfax, Va., for
transportation of crude oil on the
West Coast. It will be based out of
Los Angeles, Calif., along with the
tug Ralph E. Bouchard, a 127-foot,
6,140 hp raised pilot house tug.
B. No. 230 is equipped with 16
cargo tanks, for a carrying capacity
of 19, 680 long tons, a 12 million
BTU Va-Power Thermal Fluid
Heater, a Permea Inert Gas System
and a segregated ballast system to
be transferred by two diesel driven
deepwell pumps carried between the
double hull. On deck, the B. No. 230
is equipped with a separate pollu-
tion staging warehouse equipped
with emergency booms, two 10-ton
capacity Appleton cargo hose han-
dling cranes, four New England
Trawler wire rope mooring winches,
and one dual anchor New England
Trawler windlass.
Yim Sworn In As Deputy
Maritime Administrator
Joan Yim was sworn in as deputy
administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration by Secretary of Trans-
portation Federico Pena. Mr.
Pena said Ms. Yim has a broad
experience in policy analysis,
interagency coordination and gov-
ernment affairs. She was a super-
vising planner with the Honolulu
office of Parsons, Brinckerhoff,
Quade & Douglass.
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