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Second of two 297-foot barges built by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) begins its journey to National Marine Service, Inc., St. Louis. The two double-skin, rake tank barges were specifically designed for asphalt service. NABRICO Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To National Marine Service Two 297-foot double-skin rake tank barges specifically designed for asphalt service by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) have been delivered to National Marine Service, Inc. of St. Louis. Each barge has a total capacity of approximately 29,000 barrels or 1,218,000 gallons. For asphalt service, a barge must be heated at a constant tem- perature in order to keep the as- phalt fluid. This heat is supplied by a volcanic heater and is trans- mitted by way of heating oil through a hot oil piping system. The asphalt is unloaded by way of a Sier Bath pump at a rate of 2,800 gallons per minute. The to- tal off-loading time is approxi- mately 71/2 hours for each barge. The barges are certified by the United States Coast Guard for the carriage of Grade "A" or low- er products. They are provided with American Bureau of Ship- ping classification A-l Tank Barge, River Service and loadline for unmanned voyages between Chicago and Michigan City, Ind., and between Carrabelle, Fla., and St. Marks, Fla. Updated Marine Survey Practice Compendium Now Available Richard A. Cadv has prepared a new comprehensive reference and guide for marine surveyors, owner's representatives, ship re- pairers, underwriters, admiralty attorneys and others concerned with marine damage and condi- tion surveys of seagoing vessels, barges, tugs, yachts, dredges, off- shore structures and marine fixed shoreside installations. The new compendium is a con- solidation, revision and updating of previous work by Mr. Cady. It reflects a concerted effort to depict current costs of the indus- try. Seventy-seven survey exam- ples of preliminary field surveys, final damage survey reports, and condition survey reports are of- fered, which delineate various NABRICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of The American Ship Building Company, Tampa, Fla. Headquartered in Nashville, NA- BRICO has been in the marine field for more than 60 years and is primarily concerned with the design, engineering, and construc- tion of grain and coal barges, deck barges, liquid tank barges, cement barges, drydocks and tow- boats. NABRICO is a major sup- plier to the entire marine indus- try of marine deck hardware. The company, which has plants in Nashville and Ashland City, Tenn., pioneered the design and building of much of the modern equipment used on rivers today. survey formats encountered in the USA and abroad. Particulars offered include ma- rine insurance terms, various causes of damage, survey pro- cedures for both damage and con- dition surveys, arrangements for salvage, and unusual circum- stances pertaining to oil pollu- tion, tenders for repairs, wreck removal, repair cost evaluation, etc. Details provided relating to ship repair cost evaluation include facets of competitive bids, time and material cost, negotiated cost, overtime charges, drydocking tar- iffs and useful tables indicating man-hours and unit cost for steel- work renewals. The compendium has been con- trived and arranged with a view to depicting actual expressions and terminology of the marine industry and providing ready ref- erence to facilitate expedient re- view of procedures and circum- stances possibly applicable to a particular type survey. For further information on the 1981 Marine Survey Practice Compendium, write Dept. MR, Marine Survey Press, P.O. Box 9307, Mobile, Ala. 36691, $54 per copy postpaid. Baragona Named Sales Director-U.S. Gulf Division For Delta Lines Frank J. Baragona has been appointed director of sales-U.S. Gulf Division of Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. The announcement was made by Capt. D.P. Kirby, senior vice president of the Gulf Divi- sion. Mr. Baragona will be responsi- ble for the development and im- plementation of all Delta's U.S. Gulf sales programs for the com- pany's services to the east coast of South America and to the west coast of Africa. Formerly assistant to the vice president-Traffic (Gulf), Mr. Bar- agona joined Delta in February 1975, and subsequently held sales positions at several of the com- pany's domestic offices. FOR DIESEL ENGINES... 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