"Harley Marine Services orders four barges from Conrad" ($CNRD)

OCTOBER 25, 2012 — Seattle headquartered Harley Marine Services has placed an order with Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries for the construction of four 297 ft, 30,000 barrel sister-class double hull petroleum barges. Construction on the first barge began in the Spring of 2012 and all four will be completed by the end of the year.

Harley Marine is based in Seattle but has a segment called Harley Marine Gulf that "provides petroleum transportation and bunker service along the United States Gulf Coast including the Ports of Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Lake Charles and New Orleans."