VESSEL REVIEW | Kolber – Crane and lock maintenance barge delivered to US Army Corps of Engineers

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has taken delivery of a new crane barge built by Metal Trades of South Carolina. Kolber was designed jointly by the USACE and TAI E ..

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Metal Trades delivers second rail barge to New York

The NYNJR200, second of two rail car barges built by Metal Trades Inc., was delivered in New York Harbor in mid-December 2018. Photo courtesy Metal Trades.

Metal Trades Inc., Yonges Island, S.C., delivered the second in a pair of what are believed to be the first railroad car barges built for New York Harbor in perhaps 70 years.

The 370’x59’x14’ NYNJR200 carries up to 18 standard 60’ railcars for New York New Jersey Rail LLC, a short-haul railroad operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The barge and sister ship NYNJR100 ferry cars between the Greenville Yard at Jersey City, N.J., and the 65th Street Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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