Zigler Shipyard, a division of Lee-Vac, Ltd., recently launched an 80,000-barrel barge, the LMT Pelican, constructed for Louisiana Marine Transport of Chelsea, Mass. The barge, the second of its kind to be constructed by the Jennings, La., yard, features internally coated tanks to carry gasoline and aircraft fuels.
The ABS approved and U.S. Coast Guard certified barge is equipped with conventional Gould cargo pumps driven by Detroit Diesel 250-bhp engines, and carries 30-kw generators. Operations manager Fred Stokes attributes the completion of the vessel six weeks ahead of schedule to fabrication techniques that simultaneously utilize all sections of the yard. The yard developed an inverse technique in fabricating the stern rake. The 200-ton component, the biggest module ever constructed by the yard, was fabricated upside down, turned over and put in place.
Equipped with a 25-foot notch on the stern, the LMT Pelican carries a diesel-driven hydraulic pump system to drive the anchor windlass. The vessel was designed by Marine Design, Inc. of Melville, N.Y.