This is a very light load. You can tell the tug is moving quickly by his wake. He only has a couple barges. The big loads are 3 barges wide and then 5 or 6 long with the tug in the back middle area. They then seperate them all to lock through or do curves. After they are around the curve, they pick them all up and continue on. It is interesting to watch unless you are in a small boat down lock from them.