A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Most barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats. Canal barges, towed by draft animals on an adjacent towpath, contended with the railway in the early industrial revolution, but were outcompeted in the carriage of high-value items due to the higher speed, falling costs, and route flexibility of rail.
Types of barges
Barracks barge, Car float, Dutch barge, Dry bulk cargo barge, Hopper barge, Jack up barge, Lighter , Liquid cargo barge, Log barge, Oil barge and Dumb steel oil barge, Pleasure barge, Power barge, Royal barge (e.g. Thailand's royal barges), Row barge, etc
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