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PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE
 One Big Barge
The first of this month saw the final deadline set for the phase-out of single-hull oil tankers and barges in US waters to comply with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA ’90). Two 296-foot by 60-foot single-hulled oil barges built by Zidell in Portland in 1982, the David 120 and C. F. Starlight, whose careers would otherwise be cut short, found new life when combined as the 296-foot by 124-foot Dioskouroi, transformed, owned and operated by Seattle’s Boyer Towing.
The barges could no longer be used for petroleum transport, but were ill-suited for other uses. “They were too narrow and high-sided to use as deck barges,” says Boyer Halvorsen, owner and president of Boyer Towing. “On the other hand, the hulls are in perfect condition.” MORE
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