·       The vessel shall be built in accordance with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges current as of contract date.  Vessel Class notation: X A1 Barge

·       International Tonnage and Load Line

·       Canadian Flag requirements

·       USCG rules for foreign flag vessels trading in US waters

·       St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes requirements

Principal Dimensions

 

Length OA                   approx.            280 ft               85.37 m

Breadth OA                 approx.            78 ft                 23.78 m

Depth                                                   17’ – 6 – ½”    5.35 m

Draft                                                    14’ – 3”           4.35 m

Deadweight                 approx.            7,710 tons        7,000  tonnes 

Ballast/Trim/Heel Tanks

 

The vessel shall be arranged with five water ballast tanks:

 

            No 1 Port + Starboard

            No 2 Centre

            No 3 Port + Starboard

Deck Outfit

 

Mooring and towing fittings to be installed as shown on the General Arrangement:

·       8 x Double bollards, 250 mm diameter, with 3” dia. Sch 40 pipe between bollard pipes at mid-height

·       2 x Towing bitts

·       2 x Closed chocks

 

Weld bead draft marks in the metric system, 10 cm height, to be applied forward, aft and amidships Port and Starboard.

 

Load line marks Port/Starboard to be applied per Class/Surveyor instruction.