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CHAMCO INDUSTRIES Project 2004-037 ,#ME R L I O N Barge for mftv""'"° HENDERSON MILL October 26, 2005 TRIM & STABILITY REPORT 44 Ft PUMP BARGE CONSTRUCTED 2005, BY CHAMCO INDUSTRIES LTD. Ref. JOB 1009964 Dwas. No. C1009964-10 Rev. 3 The subject vessel is a 44Foot long x 28Foot wide x 8 Foot deep (Nominal) Pump Barge constructed of'steel throughout. Deck Plan is rectangular and flotation is provided by twin Pontoons in Catamaran configuration, each 44'-0" Long x 6'-6" Broad x 8'-0" Deep, positioned 14'-10'/Z" apart to inboard sides: tanks for liquid ballast occupy 12'-0" length at the Inlet end and 12'-0" at the Shore End of each Pontoon, (Total of'4-tanks),. The vessel is designed to operate with 1'-6" freeboard.. Three only, Chamco Peerless, vertical pumps, each powered by a 500 hp electric motor, draw from screened intakes in the Transom and sides and discharge into a 24" diameter discharge pipe on deck, thence through a ball jointed section to the shore line,. The pumps are served by a 3 ton SWL overhead bridge crane capable of transferring components to deck on the shore end of the barge.. Access is provided by a gangway, one end supported by the barge.. The shore line discharge is connected by a ball joint on the barge; one half of its weight is supported by the barge.. A de-icing pump is mounted, and draws from the main sump.. Calculated weights of major components include: - Hull = 82,582 lbs.. - Building = 20,065 lbs. - Bridge crane assembly = 8,608 lbs. - Pump, motor & discharge piping = 39,208 lbs.. - de-icing = 4,4031bs.. - electrical = 23,485 lbs. - miscellaneous= 21,275 lbs. The completed barge is calculated to weigh 203,763 lbs: The vertical centre of'gravity is located at 9.313 feet above the bottom shell, 22,133 feet from the inlet end, and 0199 feet off'centreline on the right hand side.. Page 1 of 8