Saturday, December 15, 2007

Bollinger builds vessel for Bouchard

Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana and Bollinger Gretna L.L.C., Harvey, Louisiana have delivered the articulated tug/barge (ATB) unit, tug 'Linda Lee Bouchard' and barge B. No. 205 to Bouchard Coastwise Management, Melville, N.Y., one of the largest operators of double hull ATB units in the United States.

The double hull, ocean going asphalt, residual fuel oil Barge B. No. 205, built at Bollinger Gretna meets the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA'90) and is rated for 110,000 BBLs of product in sixteen cargo tanks. B. No. 205 measures 430-feet long, with a 79-foot beam and a depth of 34 feet, and is constructed with a flat deck, as all, of Bouchard double hull vessels. The barge is certified ABS +1 Oil Tank Barge, USCG Manned Ocean Service, US flagged for grade A and lower petroleum products. The vessel is outfitted with three John Deere cargo pump engines, three SC Engineering cargo pumps and three John Deere generator units.
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