BARGE INTEGRATOR AND FLOATER TOW RIVER BARGES AT SEA

The Barge Integrator and Floater systems are two schemes that have been proposed for carrying separate barges in a single hull. The Barge Integrator is a large, open barge, notched at the stern for pushing by a tug. Twenty-four smaller barges are carried afloat in the wet hold of the Integrator, lashed together and protected by fenders. The Floater is ballasted down in the water enabling four 1000-ton river barges to float over its deck. After they are secured, the Floater is deballasted and lifts the barges out of the water.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 59
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barge carriers; Barges; Tugboats; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM