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Pontchartrain Materials Company finds innovative solution for barge unloading applications. Located in New Orleans, La., Pontchartrain Materials Corporation, LLC provides aggregates to general contractors as well as asphalt and ready-mix companies. In addition to their chief product, limestone, the family-owned company sells recycled concrete and recycled asphalt. Pontchartrain sources the material from quarries in northern states, transferring it down the Mississippi River by barge to one of three company aggregate yards or directly to customers in the New Orleans and surrounding area.

combat logistics force ships designated the Lewis and Clark class. Navy in almost 20 years," said Richard Vortmann, president of NASSCO. Military Sealift Command. and material - to station ships and other naval forces at sea. ammunition ships and T-AFS combat stores ships. billion to build four Lewis and Clark-class ships. $3.7 billion. employees during that period. The T-AKEs will be 689 ft. (210 m) in length and 105.6 ft. in beam, with a design draft of 9.12 meters (29.9 feet). ammunition and 23,500 barrels of marine diesel fuel.