Monday, July 22, 2019

Planning Custom Built Barges For Sale

By Jennifer Kennedy


Having a car for easy travel is one blessing but having a boat is another. You get to easily go to different islands without having to pay for public boat rides and having to deal with ferrymen. But when owning a boat requires a good maintenance. Just like your vehicle, it needs to be taken care of. Or if you want to beautify it, then add accessories. And when it comes to travel, you always had this idea of bringing along your car. Then you saw a sign at your dock saying there are custom built barges for sale.

There is this new convenience for sea travellers and that is the use of a barge. Uses for this vessel are usually for cargo that needs transporting from this place to another. Airplanes can help with this though but some prefer these instead of planes. But the vessels cannot move independently although there are some that can. They are towed by another boat.

There are several functions of a barge and all have their own unique names. The vessel that carries cargo is classified into two. One is the dry bulk and the other is the liquid. Do not think of these names literally. How can there be a liquid looking raft. The name corresponds to what they carry. Dry bulk is for dry goods like steel or clothing.

The other cargo type that carries liquid is not just water or soft drinks but included are gases like petroleum, oil and liquid fertilizer some sort. In some areas, they would prefer to separate the two because they do not want it to be mixed in together due to chemical reactions. It is also easier for them when they are segregated that way.

The common ones that everybody knows of carry cars. Not even just cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles and even those vehicles used up in the air. This is usually offered if one wants to go to another island and bring along them their personal ride. Not just for that function, those are used as floating landing stations, especially for the air vehicles. You have probably seen a floating helipad for water facilities.

There also rafts that deals with construction. One is called the crane and this is not related to the birds. If you have seen those machines that are usually yellow and do heavy lifting in constructions areas, those are the kind of cranes. Another is called the jack up. Those that kind of looks like spiders above water. They have column like structures in each corner and this is used as a drilling platform.

The other type is called a Hopper. Not because it hops. They are those really long and wide rafts that are being towed by another ship. Yes, this is one barge that cannot be independent and needs help form another boat. They look like a train in other words that is on water.

A barracks barge is a vessel that functions more of a residence. These are what we call boat houses. Well, they are more called ship mansions because those are usually large. The Navy are known to be living in this if not in their ships. Since they are not all the time sent home, then this acts as their homes.

Now you know the different types and uses of these vessels. So if you plan in considering in purchasing one, then now you know which one to get. Maybe sooner or later, you desire to purchase all of them because you want to donate them, then that would be a good idea, too.




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