Barge 539, built by Todd Shipyards Corp for Upper Columbia River Towing Co for transport of bulk liquid and dry cargoes as well as palletized and container cargoes; it is of steel construction, 299-ft long and 74 ft 8 in. oa in width, with hull depth of 21 ft; design of barge, and cargo crane installation, will permit handling and transportation of 106 fully loaded 40-ft trailer van bodies; cargo tank capacity is 3,075,000 gal; 170,000 cu ft is available for dry cargo.


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    Title :

    World's largest cargo barge shuttles along pacific coast


    Additional title:

    Rivers Harbors


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




    Offshore barge transportation on pacific coast

    Glosten, L.R. / Heyrman, J.S. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1965