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Reinauer ATB Unit Main Particulars Length 460 ft. (140 m) Breadth 72 ft. (22 m) Depth 41 ft. (12.5 m) Draft, LDW 29.6 ft. (9 m) Capacity 135,000 barrels DWT 19,500 m.t. GT 8,400 m.t. Tug Length 124 ft. (37.8 m) Breadth 40 ft. (12 m) Depth 22 ft. (6.7 m) Draft, DWL 19 ft. (5.8 m) Displacement 1,369 LT HP 2 x 3,600 engines Speed, with barge 11 knots Halter Signs Great Lakes Barge Contract Halter Marine Group, Inc. has signed a contract with Great Lakes Marine Leasing, LLC to build a 740 ft. (225 m) self-unload- ing dry bulk cargo barge for ser- vice on the Great Lakes. To be named Great Lakes Trader, the barge will be operated by Van Enkevort Tug and Barge and is reportedly the largest to be built by Halter. The vessel will be built and launched in two halves at Halter's Gulf Coast Fabrication, Inc. in Pearlington, Miss, and towed to New Orleans where the two halves will be joined in Halter Gulf Repair's large floating dry- dock. Final outfitting will be com- pleted at Halter Gulf Repair by Tel.: (925) 778-7405 Fax: (925) 778-5916 Email: electro-watt@bigfoot.com Tel.: (619) 674-1214 Fax: (619) 674-1216 Email: cewats@cts.com Tel.: (904) 398-9586 Fax: (904) 398-0373 Toll Free: 1-800-329-9586 Email: coppedge@coppedgemarine.com Tel: (812) 283-5603 Fax: (812) 283-9628 Toll Free: 1-800-733-3130 Email: mic@aye.net January, 1999 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU COULD BE SAVING... Alabama Wins ATB Construction Contract Alabama Shipyard, Inc. has signed an agreement with Reinauer Transportation Companies to build an articulated tug barge unit (ATB) with an option for up to three additional units. The 460-ft. (140 m) barge was designed by Alabama Shipyard to be double hulled in compliance with OPA 90 regula- tions. Bob Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge Engineering designed the 7,200 hp, 124-ft. (37.8 m) tug. The ATB features the patented Intercon tug/barge coupler system designed and built by Intercontinental Engineering and Manufacturing Corp. The system consists of two independently mounted gear driven ram assem- blies, which form a rigid and mechanically locked connection between the tug and barge. Engineering has been completed and construction is planned to begin on February 1 with delivery of the first unit in late 1999. Circle 80 on Reader Service Card the owner. Great Lakes Trader will be used primarily to transport and discharge taconite pellets, limestone and coal. It will have a single continuous hold/elevator conveyor belt and a 265 ft. (81 m) boom conveyor that can discharge 6,000 long tons per hour. It will be paired with the 10,200 hp twin- screw tug Joyce L. Vanenkevort, or a sister tug, as a dual mode, inte- grated tug/barge (ITB) with an articulated connection system. Circle 81 on Reader Service Card USACE Dredges Ocean-Ship Channel Emergency dredging was uti- lized to restore the ocean-ship channel to 30-ft. depth in the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MR-GO), the USACE New Orleans District reported last month. Hurricane Georges had caused severe shoaling in late September on the MR-GO, a 76-mile, man- Circle 269 on Reader Service Card Thordon Bearings Inc. offers two K • Hi - environmentally friendly stem JB|* 0 mk tube bearing systems that V* (i save shipowners money. Both the sealed Thor-Lube and open water lubricated C0MPAC systems last longer, offer lower friction and install faster. And because they're pollution free, the fines and delays imposed on ships with leaking stem tubes are totally eliminated. So, for your next new build or conversion project. callThordon.You'll prevent pollution, and save money. After all, we swim in the oceans, too. 905.335.1440 1. Tel.: (906) 789-0355 Fax: (906) 789-0359 Toll Free: 1-800-331-1057 Tel.: (718) 435-5570 Fax: (718) 871-9050 Email: asrny@aol.com Tel.: (281) 367-4312 Fax: (281) 367-4326 Toll Free: 1-800-367-9048 Email: buai@infohwy.com Thordon Offices: Tel.: (805) 399-7161 Fax: (805) 399-7189 Email: bill@thordon.com Tel.: (207) 797-9212 Fax: (207) 797-9158 Email: sales@johnpak.com Tel.: (413) 525-5555 Fax: (413) 525-5520 Emaii: saies@johnpak.com Tel.: (902) 456-1381 Fax: (902) 462-1004 Email: avalon@ican.net Tel.: (206) 281-9841 Fax: (206) 281-9843 Email: pmesea@aol.com Tel.: (514) 364-0808 Fax: (514) 364-0454 Emaii: patrick@bdi-canada.com Tel.: (281) 334-6118 Fax: (281) 538-1924 Emaii: ataylor@thordonbearings.com Tel.: (804) 452-2777 Fax: (804) 452-4809 FOR OTHER THORDON DISTRIBUTORS CONTACT Tel.: (905) 335-1440 Fax: (905) 335-4033 Email: info@thordonbearings.com