Modular Barge Systems

Our Modular Barge unit is a superior floating platform to enable transport and work year round on muskeg and water. Our units join together like building blocks. They are easily transportable and the user is able to create a road or a large work platform on site with minimal effort and low cost. Modular Barge units are lightweight and designed to lock together to make platforms of various sizes according to the application required. We have had our units independently evaluated and approved by a marine engineering firm. Each unit is approved to hold up to 7.8 tons (15,600 pounds or 7,090 kilograms).

Features

Units connect easily to make rigid and structurally sound floating roads and barges.

• One barge unit weighs 3,800 lbs. Each unit can support a load of 15,600 pounds with only 24 inches of draft. Engineering certification has already been done to identify that configurations can consist of as many as 54 units.
• Barges can be configured with moon pools, in U shapes, T's, or in other shapes depending on the task at hand.
• Modular Barge has attachments that pin directly to the units. This includes hand rails, ramps, rake sections, anchoring spuds, winches, and outboard motor brackets.
• Each unit has 24 independent high density polyethylene floatation chambers. This eliminates the chance of a catastrophic failure from a chamber leak. Our HDPE floats are light, strong, and are tested and approved to DOT: UN 1H1/Y1.9/150 standard and tested to 22 p.s.i. The floats can be removed from the barge unit easily. The floats can also be foam filled for long term applications.

Dimensions

Each modular barge is 14 x 12 x 2.29 feet.

• Each pontoon consists of a steel framework which secures 24 independent flotation chambers.
• Main steelwork consists of 4" x 4" x 3/16" square section tubing which is seal welded to provide buoyancy.
• Truss members are of 2" x 2" x 3/16" square section and are also seal welded.
• There is a 6" diameter spud hole at the centre of gravity of each pontoon.

Materials

• All welds are minimum 3/16" fillets.
• All structural tubing meets the requirements of CSA G40.21 350W (50W)
• All plate material is minimum 44W mild steel.
• Flotation chambers: constructed of HDPE.
• Wooden decking: 2" x 10" treated wood held in place with angle iron supports
• Interlocking pins are 1-1/8" mild steel.

Performance Table

Performance data listed in table is based on density of sea water which is 35 cu.ft per ton. Calculations are approximate and depend on the dimensions and configuration of the load.

Applications

• Support of drilling rigs, excavators, survey vehicles and cranes.
• Temporary road access across water or muskeg.
• Barging operations for the transport of heavy loads with very shallow draft required.
• Barges to support enclosures containing pumps or outfalls.