Description: Our team has over 65 years of experience working around barges. We understand the danger of transporting goods and fishing with a tug boat while large, fast-moving barges are passing by multiple times a day. Our mission is to protect the lives and livelihoods of tug boat owners from being crushed by nearby barges.
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Designed with Safety in Mind
ACD was started with the safety of every man and woman who work on the waterways of this country in mind. Several injuries and life threatening situations can happen on barges. With over 65 years of experience in the barging industry, our team came up with a solution to improve safety while on board. This patent pending device can help save lives and keep mariners and deckhands safe.
The Anti-Crushing Device (ACD) sits at the bow and stern of each barge, and is readily available for a worker exposed to a man overboard event with crushing possibilities. The patent pending block is securely fitted into our uniquely designed cage for easy location identification, and out of the way for daily tasks. When a deckhand or operator goes into the water, the ACD is deployed with a quick toss in, and anchored by stainless steel cable, and recoiling spring. The ACD can withstand over 60,000 LBS of p