Shallow water transportation

Conference · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Coal Technol. (Houston); (United States)

OSTI ID:6230056

Sutton, L E

Technological advances are being made in the shallow water transportation industry and those advances are significant. Barges have two advantages in efficient transportation: they are big and they float. For export coal which is the primary concern of this article, there is the advantage, too, that the water on which the barges are floating is flowing toward the embarkation point. The current trend is toward bigger and bigger barges, demonstrating the flexibility of inland waterway transportation. The sudden surge in coal exporting in 1981 proved that the industry could quickly respond by building adequate equipment to handle the new requirements. Shoreside transfer facilities could not be built as quickly so a new concept called midstreaming was developed to handle the problem. Rather than stockpiling on the shore to await a ship's arrival, enough barges could be marshaled and transferred directly into the ship. This was so effective that it became a viable alternative to transloading export coal.

• Research Organization: Dravo Mechliny Co.
• OSTI ID: 6230056
• Report Number(s): CONF-831112-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Coal Technol. (Houston); (United States) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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