Barge carrying vessel - has loading platform to raise barge to upper deck and allow entry of second barge

摘要

The barge carrier is fitted with a hold to take a barge. The barge is admitted over the stern of the vessel when the stern is submerged by filling tanks with water. The barge is floated onto an elevator and raised to an upper deck level(3). A second barge(B) may be floated in under the first barge.