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June 2020

Vol. 25, No.26 Week of June 28, 2020

Oil patch bits: Alaska Marine Lines expands fleet with two big barges

Petroleum News

As reported by Lynden News June 22, Alaska Marine Lines (dba Aloha Marine Lines in Hawaii) expanded its fleet with the purchase of two cargo barges, the Kamakani and Namakani, from Oregon based Sause Bros. Sause terminated its Hawaii service in March and Alaska Marine Lines is now serving its customers.

The Kamakani and the Namakani are now the largest of all Alaska Marine Lines vessels - each with a 438-foot overall length and 105 feet of width and a payload of 16,869 tons. “For comparison, our railbarges are 420 feet long and 100 feet wide with a payload of 15,300 tons,” explains Tom Crescenzi, Seattle service center manager. The Kamakani was constructed by Gunderson Marine in 2008 and the Namakani in 2016. Both are fitted with 22-foot-high cargo binwalls and an internal ballast system.

“While the initial sailing of the Kamakani on April 18 was definitely the heaviest Hawaii single barge sailing to depart from Terminal 115 in Seattle, she also had the least amount of lashing,” Crescenzi said. “Between the walls and the rod lashings we dropped close to 90 percent of the lashing compared to a regular Hawaiian sailing. We still have a number of things to learn and improve on, but Hawaii Barge Master Brad Hughes did a great job on the first round. Everyone has put in a lot of work and, considering the size of this sailing and the short time we’ve had to handle the switch-over from Sause, everyone really stepped up.”






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