Chip Barging

Seaspan's chip barge fleet is dedicated to transporting sawmill by-products.

The barges range in size from 800 to 1460 volumetric units (1500 to 3000 short tons) and are used to carry wood chips, sawdust and hogfuel to pulp and paper mills in the Pacific Northwest and the United States. The chip barges are open, flat decked and high sided and are typically discharged by either overhead crane or by front-end loader through a removable stern panel.