Hi Pelican, the maritime bunkering company I work for had a new barge built and delivered last year, and I`m hoping they will replace the 1961 built boat that I`m presently skippering with something more up to date, much as I love her. There is still work on barges, just not near home for me. Previously I converted a couple of tanker barges for general cargo, mostly sand and gravel, and then worked for Rix maritime on estuary and coastal tankers. After that I did a bit more inland work with Hargreaves on the coal pans, and then on to Humber Tugs for a short spell. In between whiles I was a dredger deckhand on the Humber, then Barrow, then Grand Canaria and Tenerife. After that I went to Maritime college at South Shields on a Slater Fund grant and got an OOW ticket, and then on to my present bunkering job where I have been for seven years. I`ve enjoyed most of the jobs enormously, and count myself lucky to have dropped into such a varied career.