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Why some ships are designed to split in half, the engineering behind split hopper barges
A split hopper barge looks like a catastrophic failure when its hull opens down the middle, but it is actually a precise engineering solution for moving massive volumes of sand at sea. This breaks ...
In 2010, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) was awarded a project to deliver design and engineering services for five barges owned by the Panama Canal ...
Two of five split hopper barges, designed by Seattle-based Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) recently went into service in Panama after they were ...
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