Work barge Tristan

outboard

The Rhino Marine composite HDPE pontoon, steel space frame with timber decking superstructure is designed for transporting up to 11 T of centrally payload. The barge is self propelled with 2 x 115 HP. The barge is a light low draft structure designed to carry an 8 tonne pay-load with a draft of about 50 cm. The maximum potential draft is 75 cm, and with the intended maximum centrally payload of 11 tonnes the corresponding draft will be about 65cm. Each of the side pontoons are effectively 10 m in length by 1.5 m in width with a 0.75m depth with a 100 mm high vertically protruding upstand flat on either side. The steel superstructure is a rigid spaceframe about one metre in height and effectively 6 metres in width by 8 metres in length which is bolted to the upstand flat. The tare weight of the barge is about 8.5 Tonnes.