Humber Barges Web Site

Humber Barges Ltd is an innovative company offering an attractive, low-cost, environmentally-friendly alternative to road transport. We will help achieve the UK Government's aim - to transfer 3% of freight from road to water.

Direct transfer between cargo ship and barge at dock or river wharf reducing costs & congestion.
Substantial uplift potential - 3,000 tonnes plus.
Ideal for internal traffics also.
Cost effective and efficient.
Craft up to 480 tonne capacity - carrying the equivalent of around 24 lorries at their average load of 20 tonnes !
DFT Freight Facility Grants available.
Helping the environment; barges are a low pollution solution - lorries produce around 4 times the amount of carbon dioxide than barges per tonne carried.
Reduced road congestion and therefore lower costs than road transport. Łbillions are lost each year through road congestion.
Very low Carbon Footprint. Barges are more fuel-efficient than lorries and also last longer.

Fusedale H carrying 480 tonnes of material.
Photograph courtesy of Alan Oliver.

We operate between the Humber Ports and York, Leeds, Rotherham and Nottingham, operating our own barges and managing those belonging to other people.
A map of this area is available on our website.
More details can be provided on request.

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Cargoes | Barge Specifications | Contact Us | Links

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Cargoes

We can carry almost any bulk or package cargo which can be carried by road:

Cargo in rolls, pallets or bags
Large sizes and long lengths
Coal, Aggregates and Biomass Fuels
Grain, Fertilisers & Animal feeds
Timber & Steel products
Fly Ash, Bauxite, Slag & other wastes
Newsprint
Rice & Soya meal.

Typical destinations include: oil depots, ready-mix concrete plants, power stations, quarries, steel stockholders; indeed anywhere adjacent to the inland waterways of our area where large quantities of material need moving efficiently.

Barge Specifications

We have two 480 tonne barges: