strain on the crane, no overloading. We're not trying to push the limit on any equipment we have. The pumps require 325 hp, we put a little over 400 hp in-we can move product that is cold, heavier. We can pump 36k bbl in 5 hours, very very respectable." Capt. Gellatly describes his as a niche operation, when compared to K-Sea or Reinauer or Hornbeck, but he's also attuned to the niche nature the liquid cargo business has adopted. Low-sulfur diesel, low-sulphur kerosene, and ethanol are are all products that barges didn't carry years ago, and now are not products that easily pump-in right after a load of regular diesel has been pumped out. One of the things that comes natural to smaller units is the prospect of dedication, so "you can guarantee the customer product integrity." Gellatly & Criscone has plans on the boards for even more barges, 50s and 60s, Capt. Gellatly tells us. But he expresses a concern undoubtedly shared by anyone building or rebuilding or repairing vessels. "China, India-they're buying everything up. The cost of steel is getting so exorbitant - from $200 a ton to $1100 a ton. I built a barge three years ago; and that same barge, identical, is now double. Double in cost-not an increase in barrel capacity at all. You can't charge enough to pay for what these things are starting to cost." The short-sea shipping now on everyone's lips is part of the lifeblood of the New York region. The water never quit being a serious mode of transport because it's water that gets you to islands. The idea may be new in some places, but not in New York, nor in plenty of other harbor and river communities. Before they called it that, short-sea shipping was the established infrastructure. What may
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