From the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

Barge boat means. Buying a Dutch barge means picking a boat with a unique appearance that can navigate in all navigable waters. A long large usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft. Where the tug is the prime mover for the barge connected to the barge using a towline.

Join the Dutch barge owners club and explore the most incredible waterways all year round. We have lots of new and used Dutch barges for sale so treat. Distance between both can reach 200 metres and more.

A vessel or boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated. A large open pleasure boat used for parties pageants or formal ceremonies. During slack water tugs tow freight barges and rafts of logs through the narrows with scant room to manoeuvre.

There is a big difference between a giant cargo ship which are more like a giant barge compared to the brand-new shipping container vessels that are state-of-the-art. Noun A large roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods. To conduct the day-to-day tasks the barges recruit some deckhands.

1 A long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers either under its own power or towed by another. You will get to see this flat-bottomed boat or barges in the river canal and other water bodies. Designed for European river cruising and coastal journeys theyre similar to narrowboats.

Barges on which cargoes are shipped are usually non self-propelled and therefore dependent on a tug for propulsion. These considerations are Huge. The initial models have been small but the concept calls for much larger barges floating in the Chesapeake in the years ahead which experts say could have a big effect on the aquaculture industry.