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How to use the word barges in a Sentence?

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Through his travel, he raised millions for candidates who will help stop MAGA Mike Lawler’s plans to ban abortion, rep. Maloney has an unrivaled record of delivering results locally, from lower prescription drug prices to banning oil barges anchorages on the Hudson. Just this month, Rep. Maloney has delivered funding for local firefighters, held dozens of campaign events, and hosted President Biden in the district to celebrate thousands of new manufacturing jobs for our communities.

The Maloney campaign spokesperson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The marine insurance market does not like [ to carry the risk of ] 50-year-old barges being towed across 1,000 kilometers of open ocean in typhoon season.

Andrew Brooker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Retail gasoline sales are a tiny portion of the revenue of oil companies, when you compare their production of crude and trading cargos and barges, it is a small fraction of their business.

Tom Kloza

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When you add to it this re-supply constraint of not being able to move barges up the Mississippi, it puts us in a precarious position.

Kreg Ruhl

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If Indonesia bans tugs and barges from exporting coal then it will have to travel in larger cargo ships, of 32,000 to 64,000 tonnes, all this would of course be beneficial for shippers like us.

Khalid Hashim

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's much cheaper because of the large quantities, a convoy of barges can shift 7,200 tonnes in one trip. To move 7,200 tonnes by road requires 240 tractor trailers.

Carlos Nunez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Time will be halved, and most importantly, you won't have to take apart your convoy (of barges).

Jorge Barragan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

One of the best projects I've seen to cope with climate-related disasters is Bangkok in 1850. The city was 90 percent on water - living on barges on water, there was no flood risk, there was no damage. The water came, the houses moved up and down.

Koen Olthuis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I had read about the subway cars being dropped into the Atlantic but I thought the project was over, then in 2007 I was scouting for another shoot and saw the barges being loaded up.

Stephen Mallon

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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