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February 26, 2013

New! GFMT article: Efficient barge unloading technology

Sandro Suppa and Vincent van der Wijk of Bühler, Switzerland describe the how transporting grain by barge is an ecological and cost-efficient alternative to railway and truck haulage.

 Since time immemorial, ships have been used to deliver bulk goods over long distances, using the river current as a natural force to carry them downstream or yoking draft animals for upstream transport. Although trucks and trains have taken up a large part of this task in the modern age, barges are still a viable alternative for many goods. A barge carrying one ton of cargo can travel five times as far on five liters of diesel as a truck with the same freight – 500 km compared to the truck’s 100 km of range overland. A ship carrying 3,000 tons of goods is equivalent to 50 railway cars or 100 trucks.

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Efficient barge unloading technology

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