Giant barge under tow

Press, 28 June 1983, Page 31

Giant barge under tow

Four tugs are towing a 10,600-ton offshore supply barge through the Kiel Canal and across the Baltic to Leningrad. The barge had to be split into three so it couldd fit through the canal and other narrow waterways it had to manoeuvre. However, according to Hapag-Lloyd, which supplied the tugs, the operation has so far been a brilliant success. The barge was split into three sections 163 m long and 15m wide. Each section was taken through the Kiel Canal separately. Hapag-Lloyd says each section of the barge, which in total was about the same size as an international football field, had to be carefully looked after. The slightest dent would have made it impossible to weld the three sections together. ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (8 a.m.), 6736, Auckland (S.C.N.Z.). lyun Koran (8.30 a.m.), 2327, sea (Scales). DEPARTURES lyun Koran (4.12 p.m.), 2327, sea (Scales). Coastal Trader (5.45 p.m.), 6736, Dunedin (S.C.N.Z.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Lyttelton, Wgtn, today. Lift-On, Adelaide, today.

Coastal Trader, Dndn, tomorrow. Tolaga Bay, Wgtn, tomorrow. Baupre Island, Brisbane, tomorrow. Orkanger, Taur, June 30. ACT 2, Auck, June 30. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, June 30. Union Nelson, Nelson, July 1. Amokura, Marsden Point, July 1. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Lyttelton, Dndn, today. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, today. Coastal Trader, Auck, tomorrow. Orkanger, Wgtn, June 30. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, June 30. Union Nelson, Auck, July 1. Holmdale, Chathams, July 2. Amokura, Bluff, July 2. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 3. VESSELS IN PORT Holmdale, No. 7 West.