Container on Barge
Arcosa ‘Container on Barge’ Barge
Hopper barges have been used to carry containers for years, yet they are not specifically designed for them. Arcosa’s container barges cover the bottom with a series of spaced 12-inch pedestals to better handle the point loads. Each barge is 70 feet wide by 200 feet long: twice the width of a standard barge. Its…
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By now, many of you have attended the recent IRPT Basin Meetings. Of particular interest during those meetings was the discussion surrounding container on barge (COB). If you missed the basin meetings, a brief recap is below. There are different types of moves we are currently seeing throughout the inland river system: 1. Domestic moves: The…
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