river barges
Waterway freight vessels
River barges are flat-bottomed boats designed to transport cargo along rivers and canals.
Their shallow draft allows navigation in waters too shallow for conventional ships.
Barges typically lack their own propulsion and are pushed or towed by tugboats.
They carry bulk goods like grain, coal, and petroleum: River barges moved grain down the Mississippi to New Orleans.
- towboatVessel for pushing barges
- push boatVessel propelling barges ahead
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- tied upSecured or unavailable
- deckShip's flat surface
hull · cargo · bulk goods · heavy load · grain elevator · bargepole · shipping · flatboat · keel · ballast · stevedore · trade route · canal · freight · amphorae · rope · fleeting · containerization
- Mississippi RiverItasca, levee, riverboats, steamboat, towboats
- Midwest Economycorn farming, wheat farming, grain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere
- river navigationlock gate, narrowboat, navigational aids, canal boat, navigation aids
- Ohio ValleyCincinnati, Louisville, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Evansville
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
river bargesocean liners
Large passenger vessels
cargo ships · container ships · naval vessels · cruise ships · supertankers
river bargestugboats
Vessels that push ships
speedboats · powerboats · hydrofoils · hovercraft · motorboats
river bargescargo planes
Aircraft designed for freight
freight trains · semi-trucks · transport aircraft · tanker trucks · tractor-trailers