Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, announced that it has signed a contract to build a self-discharging cement barge at a price of approximately $16 million for the Atlantic Cement Company, Inc. of Stamford, Conn. The barge, 420 feet long by 80 feet wide, will be used by Atlantic in the coastwise movement of bulk cement. Construction will begin in the third quarter of 1981, and the barge will be delivered during the third quarter of 1982. The price is subject to full escalation as to labor and materials cost.
Avondale Will Build Barge For Atlantic Cement At Cost Of About $16 Million
Shipbuilding Contracts
Avondale Shipyards has signed a contract worth about $16 million to build a 420-foot self-discharging cement barge for Atlantic Cement Company, for delivery in the third quarter of 1982.
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Company
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. shipbuilder
- Ogden Corporation parent company
- Atlantic Cement Company, Inc. barge owner, Stamford, Conn.
Transcribed from the March 15, 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.