Year: 2006 Language: English Author: Maritime New Zealand Genre: Guide ISBN: 0-478-18839-0 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 10 Description: The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide insight into the basic stability concepts relevant to loading and to loaded pontoon barges. Pontoon barges are used for a wide variety of cargoes from bulk loads such as coal, rock, and logs – with low to medium centres of gravity – through to vehicles, and unique ‘one-off’ loads such as industrial equipment and storage tanks, which can have very high centres of gravity, and windage areas. Pontoon barges are also used as work platforms for many types of equipment including cranes and pile drivers. Stability considerations are critical when conducting transportation and other marine operations safely. The guidance that follows only deals with stability. It is assumed that other aspects of best marine practice – such as having sufficient handling power (bollard pull), and manoeuvring capability, watertightness arrangements (including securing of hatches etc), and ensuring adequacy of tow rigging, emergency, and safety gear – have also all been addressed.
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Barge_Stability_Guidelines
Language: English
Author: Maritime New Zealand
Genre: Guide
ISBN: 0-478-18839-0
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 10
Description: The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide insight into
the basic stability concepts relevant to loading and to loaded pontoon barges.
Pontoon barges are used for a wide variety of cargoes from bulk loads such as coal, rock, and logs – with low to medium centres
of gravity – through to vehicles, and unique ‘one-off’ loads such
as industrial equipment and storage tanks, which can have very high centres of gravity, and windage areas. Pontoon barges are also used as work platforms for many types of equipment including cranes and pile drivers.
Stability considerations are critical when conducting transportation and other marine operations safely.
The guidance that follows only deals with stability. It is assumed that other aspects of best marine practice – such as having sufficient handling power (bollard pull), and manoeuvring capability, watertightness arrangements (including securing of hatches etc), and ensuring adequacy of tow rigging, emergency, and safety gear – have also all been addressed.
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