Imagine a modern container port where barges arrive daily: ports with barge handling systems are harbour facilities equipped with specialized infrastructure—berths with adequate draft, high-performance cranes, conveyors, and pumps—to rapidly transfer cargo between inland waterway vessels and other modes (rail, truck, sea-going ships).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(water_transport)
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