Abstract
Conventional log carriers in the lumber trade for major coasting service and the proposed log barge system are compared in order to judge their relative merits from a commercial stand point. As a result, by the use of the log barges with log loading crane and side-tipping arrangements to load and unload, it is suggested that port time will be reduced greatly and each barge can therefore make more trips in a year, thus ensuring that the improvement applied to economy of transportation will be attained.
