Ed Shearer, Principal Naval Architect with The Shearer Group, Inc., announces the delivery of the “PBL 3421” by Raymond & Associates, LLC, Bayou La Batre, AL, to Progressive Barge Line, Inc., New Orleans. This is the first of two barges, both 297’- 6” X 54’ X 12’ inland service double skin tank barges each having a cargo capacity of about 4700 short tons at 11’- 6” draft.