When a barge carries too much weight on one side or operates with insufficient ballast, it becomes unstable and risks capsizing: barge stability cargo management is the practice of weight distribution and ballasting to safely navigate a barge through rivers and canals.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_stability
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