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Barges Can Carry Large And Heavy Cargoes That Other Transport Modes Cannot Barges frequently carry cargoes that cannot be moved by modes other than barge because (1) it is financially impractical, (2) the cargoes are too large, or (3) the cargoes are too heavy. The carrying capacity of barges is a major factor in this low-cost form of transportation. |
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The Mv. Richard C. Young is shown moving three 660,000 gallon anhydrous ammonia storage tanks from a chemical plant at Henderson, Ky., to Jennings, La., (a distance of nearly 1,300 miles) where they were to be used for storing butane gas. Each tank weighed more than 600,000 lbs., said cameraman Capt. Jeffrey L. Yates, who took this picture on the Ohio River as the tow passed Paducah, Ky. |
| Canal Barge Co.’s Mv. Caroline is shown at Mile 292 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway with the NASA barge Pearl River, which was used for transporting Challenger booster rockets from Huntsville, Ala., to Cape Kennedy. Capt. Jeffrey L. Yates took this picture below Tom Bevill Lock and Dam. |  |
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Two towboats operated by Canal Barge Lines of New Orleans, the Mv. Elizabeth Huger (pronounced Hue-gee) and the Mv. EMS Express, are shown at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa’s low water wharf with 37 barge loads of military equipment returning from Fort. Polk, La. A third towboat, the Mv. Col. Babe Wilson, which belongs to the Port, helped position the barges at the dock. The cargo, which included more than 800 pieces of equipment, was one of the largest military moves Canal Barge had ever made. (Courtesy of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.) |
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