Tag: barges

A barge has sunk with about 550 MT of cargo on board whilst discharging bauxite from a vessel west of Breakwaters at the Open Anchorage in Goa, India.

OCI has partnered with Unibarge to develop Europe’s first dual-fueled methanol propelled bunker capable barge, which will be in service in the Port of Rotterdam.

Cepsa has added a diesel-electric hybrid barge to its fleet of marine fuel supply vessels. The vessel, which is already operating in the Bay of Algeciras, is the first of its kind to supply fuels to ships in Europe.

While the principles of navigation, stability, and cargo securing on tug and barge units remain the same as for ocean-going cargo vessels, the towing operation of barges comes with its own sets of related hazards.

NTSB published its investigation report into the collision of the bulk carrier Jalma Topic, with a barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.

NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard (NSY), ClassNK, and IHI Corporation (IHI) signed a joint research and development agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).

The bulk carrier Honwin collided with the barge Bina Marine 59, on June 11 in Singapore Strait.

Eighteen containers were swept overboard from a barge en route from Trang province to Penang island in Malaysia on May 29, with some washing up on a beach in Satun.

Fire agencies fight a barge fire on the Delaware Bay that has kept them busy since they first responded with the US Coast Guard in the early hours of May 23.

A giant barge has smacked into Vancouver's seawall, just short of the Burrard Bridge after becoming unmoored in Monday's rain and wind storm.