Standard container barge

Container vessels are built explicitly for the transport of containers, which ensure an optimized utilization over the dry cargo vessels also used for the transportation of containers.

RoRo vessel

RoRo vessels (Roll on Roll off) enable the self-driven transportable objects to be loaded or unloaded via harbor ramps or the ship’s ramp. This reduces the cargo handling time, enables a smooth transshipment of cargo and offers greater flexibility in cargo composition.

 

The higher manufacturing costs are a disadvantage, since RoRo vessels are special vessels and thus the limited market influences the costs for building such vessels.

Tanker (LPG)

Within the tanker vessel section, there is the specific form of transport for liquefied petroleum gas. As per directive 2008/106/EG, “‘liquefied-gas tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other product as listed in Chapter 19479 of the International Gas Carrier Code480, in its up-to-date version.

Standard Inland tank barge

Tankers are used for the transport of liquid cargo, such as mineral oil, derivatives, liquid chemical products, as well as edibles. The payload of the European Tanker fleet was around 3.4 million tons in 2013, of which 98.5 % are on the Rhine axis and just 1.5% in the Danube area.

Again, there are vessels of different size which are adapted to the various waterway classifications in the relevant relation.

Ro-Ro lighter GSP 54

Non-self-propelled lighter for push barge convoys

Operator: Deutsche Binnenreederei

TC 1000 (Container lighter)

Non-self-propelled lighter for push barge convoys

Operator: Deutsche Binnenreederei

GSP-54

Non-self-propelled lighter for push barge convoys

Operator: Deutsche Binnenreederei