Adrian Stott wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> With a big enough gauge, the size of the load makes up for the >>>> slower >>>> speed. The crucial statistic is tonne-miles/man-hour. >> >> Unfortunately in attempting to raise that to a competitive level by >> increasing load size, you can come up against another limit: the >> size of consignment that the customer can receive (or the sender can >> despatch). > > Why are you assuming there can be only one customer's load per barge? >>>> Also, the bits of the BBR affected actually *are* accessible to >>>> barges >>>> now, but only at high tide. >> >> Not quite: they are accessible for periods a little before and a >> little after high tide, but at high tide there is insufficient >> headroom. > > I didn't say it was convenient or even useful at present, you know. > Merely navigable (occasionally).
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