What a Sustainable Future Might Look Like for the Barge Industry
True, barges are more sustainable than other types of transport. But the industry will need to do more to “go green” to meet sustainability goals.
True, barges are more sustainable than other types of transport. But the industry will need to do more to “go green” to meet sustainability goals.
There’s no question that fuel costs for inland waterway transportation are lower than other modes. A report commissioned by the U.S. National Waterways Foundation shows
There is a shift occurring in the inland marine industry as companies are increasingly using technology of various types to drive competitiveness. With the recent
What if fleeting companies with only a few boats had a low-cost software program to improve their business growth potential? Would they be able to
Running a barge fleeting operation requires attention to an incredible array of details. It takes a well-trained and experienced team to ensure that customers receive
BargeOps Onboard enables the seamless exchange of information between shore based dispatch and the boats. It is a fully integrated boat-based module for traffic management that
In a recent post, New Towing Vessel Record, we noted that BargeOps added new Deck Log Activity types and expanded the details in others to better track
Compliance with Subchapter M is a challenge for towboats in the US. Our goal is to make tracking the information critical for compliance easy for
Our customers provide most of the new ideas they want to see in BargeOps, but sometimes those new ideas come from our customers’ customers. The
Data about your customers, contracts, and operations is one of your most valuable business assests (for more on this, take a look at the CSG
BargeOps 5.1 released in January 2017. This update continues to deliver innovation and value for our customers and is based on input from our customers.
We recently wrote about how BargeOps is Streamlining VGP Compliance. This post provides some additional information about this topic. Our goal is to help inland
Compliance on the river is one of many challenges for inland marine operators. One issue that everyone struggles with is the EPA’s VGP (Vessel General
BargeOps Version 5 includes a number of new features designed to improve usability as well as updates to the underlying engine to improve performance. At
Sometimes the most important changes are the ones you can’t see. In our newest version, BargeOps 4.2 released March 31, 2016, we upgraded the underlying
BargeOps continues to add and enhance features based on the input of our customers. In addition to the major improvements to demurrage in BargeOps 4.1,
Improvements to BargeOps enable you to do more than barge trip demurrage on a per barge basis. With BargeOps 4.1 you can now handle: Demurrage Adjustments Demurrage Billing
Do your customers want to know what is happening with their barges? Do your vendors need to know what’s coming at them? BargeOps has a
Security is always top of mind for anyone with IT responsibilities these days. It’s also top of mind for the BargeOps team who recently enhanced
When one of your revenue-generating barges leaves the fleet for needed repair, you don’t want to waste time assigning it to a freight movement because
The BargeOps development team is constantly adding new features to the already robust software package. The newest feature is called BargeOps Boat Map. “Mapping boats
Good communication with clients often leads to an ideal solution in solving business problems. It was exactly that kind of relationship that led to the
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