The main purpose for a feed barge is to provide the most efficient and reliable feed storage and feed system for your farming operations. The second purpose is to provide a safe and seaworthy barge that can withstand the forces of nature at your farmbase site.
Feed storage, feeding system and control software
AKVA group deliver a wide range of feed barges with different size of the feed storage, from 96 ton to 850 ton of feed. There are from 4 to 12 feed silos depending on storage capacity and model. Besides the feed storage capacity each barge can accommodate a model dependent storage capacity of ensilage, industry water, drinking water and fuel.
Barge accessories
For the different barge models there is a lot of equipment and extras that can be selected, to get a total overview what fit to the different models you need to contact your sales representative.
Important equipment for a feed barge will be:
■Barge Control: a module in AKVA connect that keep control and overview of all processes and on the barge. All status from levels in tanks to remotely start and shutoff of barge can be done remotely via Barge Control.
■Ensilage system: To keep the ensilage as a valuable product it’s important to treat the raw material and the further processing process. AKVA group has designed a two stage and high-capacity silage system that ensure a stable and valuable ensilage product of your dead fish.
■Hybrid power supply: A must to have equipment that reduce the running time on generator by 50 – 90%, reduce the diesel consumption with upto 60% and CO2 and NOx emission the same.