According to the American Commercial Baggage Line, barges heading to southern US ports are carrying up to 600 tons less grain per vessel to avoid grounding.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/11/29/us-grain-exports-threatened-by-insufficient-draft-along-the-mississippi-for-barges?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

As more and more ships take part each year, the festival has allowed aircraft carriers, barges, and even submarines to take part.

Source: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23580631.newhaven-dieppe-ferry-passengers-can-visit-rouen-armada/?ref=rss

Asylum seekers should be offered accommodation to meet “essential living needs and nothing more”, the Government said, with plans to house them in barracks and barges.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/03/29/key-questions-as-government-scrambles-to-use-raf-sites-to-house-migrants/

Asylum seekers will be housed in disused military bases, ferries and barges under Government plans to reduce the spending on hotels.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23419379.asylum-seekers-moved-military-bases-barges-government-plans/?ref=rss

But just to be safe, it's time to start sending barges full of Rio's garbage out there to cover it up and save the environment.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12738570?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Canal Barge, which works much of the Mississippi as well as the Illinois and Ohio rivers, has had to lighten loads so barges ride higher in the water.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/09/17/low-mississippi-river-hurts-farmers-already-reeling-from-drought/

In the beginning of June, broke out that two oil barges have been taken over by individuals related to The Indigenous Association for Development and Conservation of Bajo Puinahua (AIDECOBAP), essentially blocking river access.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4613143-petrotal-despite-blockade-production-remains-strong?source=feed_all_articles

In the end, no matter what the total cost of the barges was, ending that cost may have been seen as the more financially responsible move.

Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/theme-parks/a-massive-epcot-eyesore-is-finally-going-away

“It is a very live political issue and I think putting people in temporary accommodation on airfields and barges makes sense,” Sir Robert said.

Source: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23442467.no-prospect-asylum-seeker-barge-poole-harbour-says-mp/?ref=rss

It would also be interesting to hear the Home Secretary explain where and when she believes “barges of this kind” have been used to accommodate asylum seekers in Scotland.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23751979.prosecuting-government-manslaughter/?ref=rss

McKinnon barges in, not looking to taking the killers down, but asking, "Who here are the murderers?"

Source: https://collider.com/snl-parody-wes-anderson-horror-trailer/

Memorably in when Kungsholm anchored in the Chao Phraya estuary, a couple of rice barges were brought alongside.

Source: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/the-idle-scribbler-is-pattaya-ready-for-pier-pressure-439423

</p> <p>Since there’s no detour for barges that use the river, they’ll have to wait for waters to begin to recede before getting goods moving again.

Source: https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/04/spring-floods-upper-midwest-wisconsin-mississippi-river/

Refugee deaths in hotels, barges and the Channel are all preventable.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/protest-outside-home-office-after-refugee-death-on-bibby-stockholm-prison-barge/

So what can be done to help river barges stay afloat?

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64553079?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The Red Bull driver barges through for P4, and now has Sainz in his sights.

Source: https://www.sbnation.com/formula-one/2023/7/2/23781131/austrian-grand-prix-live-f1-race-coverage-max-verstappen

The release says that these are the only two barges in “existence capable of transporting in an upright position” the large turbine components.

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/09/07/turbine-blades-head-vineyard-wind/

These workers were called lightermen and spent their days on lighter, flat-bottomed barges who carried cargoes from larger ships.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-11818031/The-leaning-tower-Rotherhithe-Thames-riverbank-sells-1-5million.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The U.S. Coast Guard is currently working with the responsible parties in recovering the barges as this is a dynamic changing environment; they are also working with the NTSB as the investigation is ongoing at this time.

Source: https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2023/04/06/barge-bearing-methanol-wedged-against-bridge-in-louisville-one-week-after-accident/

They set fire to barges used to pump and filter ore, destroyed excavators and chainsaws, and seized weapons, radios and scales used by miners to weigh their gold.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/12/28/brazil-cracks-down-as/