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A 28', six-ton capacity harbor debris collector was delivered recently to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Blount Marine Corp., Warren, R.I. The craft was the second Blount debris collector purchased by the Puerto Rico port agency. The first was a two-ton capacity unit built in 1961. The boat funnels debris against an inclined grid and floats it into a basket held between catamaran type hulls. The Auntie Mame, described as the largest barge ever built in the Pittsburgh area, was launched recently at Dravo Corp.'s Nevelle Island, Pa., shipyard for Steuart Transportation Co., Washington, D.C. The tank barge is designed to carry 5,400 bbls. of caustic soda and 34,000 bbls. of oil or asphalt in its nine compartments. The barge will operate between Gulf Coast and East Coast ports. |