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• Bollinger delivers 80,000 barrel tank barge to opa90 Bouchard

     LOCKPORT, La., Bollinger Gretna, L.L.C.,  Harvey, LA, a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. company, has delivered B. No. 284, a double hull 80,000 BBL oil tank barge built to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90) to Bouchard Ocean Services, Melville, NY. Barge B. No. 284 is a

• Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. designs 35,000 BBL Double Hull Oil Tank Barge

    Statia Victory, a 35,000 BBL, 290â?? Double Hull Tank Barge designed by Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has recently been completed and delivered by Orange Shipbuilding Co., Inc. (OSB) in Orange, TX., a division of Conrad Industries, Inc. Read at Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. designs 35,000 BBL Double Hull Oil

• Title XI guarantees for Canal Barge building program

    nine asphalt barges and 30 open hopper barges at Trinity Marine Group Read at Title XI guarantees for Canal Barge building program

• Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. designs 35,000 BBL Double Hull Oil Tank Barge

     Statia Victory, a 35,000 BBL, 290’ Double Hull Tank Barge designed by Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has recently been completed and delivered by Orange Shipbuilding Co., Inc. (OSB) in Orange, TX., a division of Conrad Industries, Inc. The barge, OSB hull #403, is similar to several previous BHGI designs

• Aalborg builds tanks

    The port of Aalborg needs more tank capacity, as all of the tanks in the oil port now are in use. The port authorities have decided to build and let out a handful of new oil tanks.

• Chennai Port pier built under public-private model

    The Shipping Ministry has asked the major ports to explore the possibility of developing small barge jetties under public-private-partnership (PPP) to increase liquid cargo traffic. There is a plan to build one such facility in the Chennai port, while other ports are also exploring this business potential, according to sources. The private player

• CNNOC launches new ship with Evergreen Marine Airbags

    CNNOC launched his new built deck barge “Ocean oil 225” with Evergreen marine airbags. The barge’s lightweight is 8500 ton with 161 meters length, 31 meters width and 9 meters height. The launching ramp is 178 meters long and 50 meters wide and its slope degree is 0.859.

• Jeffboat workers TRIMs

    ACL’s barge building unit to cut work force by about 10 percent Read at Jeffboat trims labor force

• Crowley Christens New Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB) Tank Vessel

     Crowley Maritime Corporation christened the seventh of 10 new 185,000-barrel Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB) tank vessels that the company will take delivery of in 2010 and 2011. The vessels christened were the tug Pride and barge 650-7.

• Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. designed two 14,000 BBL double hull oil barges

    Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), has been contracted by Metal Trades, Inc. of Hollywood, South Carolina to design two 14,000 BBL Double Hull Oil Tank Barges to carry â??Dâ?? and â??Eâ?? grade fuels for the U.S. Navy. Metal Trades is building the new barges as a sub-contractor to Maybank Industries,

• CEPSA Panama has a new vessel to the port of Balboa

    With the aim of giving a better service to its customers, from 1st December, CEPSA Panama has put into place one new barge in the port of Balboa, in the pacific coast of Panama. This barge, named Panabunker I, comes to strengthen CEPSA Panama’s presence and resources in this port,

• Effective storage management program

    Companies that store bulk liquids in aboveground storage tanks face the challenge of developing and maintaining a tank management programme. An effective tank management programme is necessary to ensure that tanks operate safely and are inspected and maintained on a regular basis in a cost-effective manner. Read at Effective storage tank

• Up to 364,000 sailors deficit by 2050, says Tokyo think tank

    The gloomiest forecast yet of the widening scarcity in skilled and trained seafarers has been delivered by the highly respected Tokyo-based think tank Ocean Policy Research Foundation which claims that a boom in global seaborne trade over the next 40… Read at Up to 364,000 seafarer shortfall by 2050, says Tokyo

• Update on hijacking the tug Asta

     (marinelink) The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued a special report on the hijacking of the tug Asta and the barge Callista. An earlier report indicated that the tug and barge were probably hijacked on Feb

• Petro China oil product storage tanks in central China start operation

    PetroChina’s oil product storage tank in Jiujiang city of Jiangxi province will start operation soon, a move for PetroChina to squeeze into the central China market. The Hukou tank, the biggest one in Jiangxi province, has a total storage capacity of 980,000 cubic meters and is expected to annually supply