Fiberglass Barge Covers
The largest U.S. manufacturer of fiberglass hopper-barge covers — lightweight, weatherproof, and built to protect every load from the grain belt to the coastal trade.
#1 U.S. Manufacturer Fiberglass covers
Largest U.S.
manufacturer.
We are the largest U.S. manufacturer of fiberglass hopper-barge covers, used primarily on grain barges. We also produce fiberglass covers for barges used in the U.S. coastal trade.
Covers are manufactured under the SynTechnics name — the same engineering team, the same shop, and a name that still appears in specifications written in the 1980s.
How they are made
Composition.
NABRICO barge covers are composed of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) laminate. The color is molded into the surface by use of a gelcoat and requires no painting.
Each barge set is comprised of male, female, and end cover sections.
Handling & storage
Built to stack.
Barge covers are equipped with Lifting Eye / Clamp Assemblies for easy removal, and they are made to be stacked for storage.
Refer to the NABRICO FRP Lift-Off Barge Covers Handling, Stacking, and Storage Procedures for complete instruction.
Stacking, step by step
Square, stable, secure.
Every NABRICO cover set is engineered to stack cleanly for storage and transport — locator pins, stack supports, and nesting profiles keep the load square.
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