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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 ...
On May 7, 2025, the first in a groundbreaking fleet of 3,000-ton deadweight hopper barges, designed by Robert Allan Ltd., was officially launched at Juruá Shipyard in Manaus, Brazil. The event marked ...
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