On April 28, 2018, Gunderson launched Wood Chip Hopper Barge, SDS 11. It was built for SDS Lumber Company out of Bingen, Washington, sponsored by SDS Lumber Board Members Kate Stevenson and Peggy Ohlson.
This barge joins her identical sibling, SDS 10, designed, built, and launched at Greenbrier’s Gunderson Marine in 2014.
Statistics:
Columbia River Wood Chip Hopper Barge
Length overall: 273’
Beam 42’
Depth 16’-6”
Capacity 348,000 FT3 heaped, (4,500 ST)
Background:
Contract signed: November 1, 2017
Burn Steel: December 13, 2017
Delivered: May 11, 2018
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