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dential basis. 26% of the barges that Marcon has for sale are U.S. ß ag, with the other 74% foreign ß ag.Although there are two to three times as many hopper barges than ß at deck barges in the United States, worldwide there are probably more conventional ß at deck barges and a greater total deadweight carrying ca- pacity than any other type. Flat deck barges carry cargoes on deck such as containers, gravel, construction equipment, multi-million dollar proj- ect cargoes and rolling stock. Most of the barges are single deck, although house, double and even triple deck Ro/Ro barges are in service. Accord- ing to the U.S. Army Corps of En- gineers, as of November 2013, there were 7,296 U.S. ß ag deck barges in the ß eet with 31.9% of the barges of all sizes over 25 years of age. This is deÞ nitely an improvement compared to the end of 2008 when 43% of the U.S. deck barge ß eet was over 25 years of age.In the last 33 years, Marcon Inter- national, Inc. has sold or chartered a total of 1,329 vessels and barges in- cluding 134 ocean deck barges with an aggregate deadweight of 843,147 tons and 75 inland deck barges total-ing 132,832dwt in addition to other types of vessels and barges. BY THE NUMBERSDeckCraneTankHopperMisc. Marcon File DesignationDBDKTBHBMB Total Tracked 1,895358741404445 Total For Sale 350929710782 U.S. Flag For Sale10921271416 Foreign Flag For Sale24171709366 Marcon Listed Barges for Sale Find all the Marcon Interna- tional industry reports on the WEB: www.marcon.com April 201410 MNMN April14 Layout 1-17.indd 10MN April14 Layout 1-17.indd 103/21/2014 11:14:55 AM3/21/2014 11:14:55 AM