Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., has delivered two specially designed 264-foot single-skin petroleum barges to Higman Towing Company, Orange, Texas.
The barges, which have a combined capacity of 42,700 barrels or 1,793,000 gallons, incorporate special NABRICO design features that upgrade the company's long-established standards for single-skin petroleum barges.
Each barge is constructed with a special shaped bow for speed and maneuverability on the intracoastal waterways. The cargo pumping system provides for a discharge rate of 2,800 gallons per minute for a total discharge of each barge in slightly more than five hours.
The barges are certified by the U.S. Coast Guard for carriage of Grade "A" or lower petroleum products and classed by the American Bureau of Shipping for A-1 oil barge.