&&According to the documentation provided, the product is an aquaculture feed barge, a 3 deck, steel hulled vessel 23.6m long x 9.6m (beam) x 3.5 (depth) equipped with a 4 line GMT central feeding system that allows a minimum number of personnel to control the fish feeding process. The vessel has a control room with kitchen and toilet, a generator (200kVA open skid) and 6 silos with a storage capacity of 400 tons. The barge has an NS 9415-2009 certificate permitting it to navigate in under 100m traffic area R4 coastal area. It does not have an engine (not self-propelled) and bears 8 moorings with 2 being situated at the front for towing by tugs. The barge performs its feeding functions while being anchored.
&&Heading 89.05 provides for other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function. The Explanatory Note (EN) to Heading 89.05 indicates that vessels classified here "normally perform their main function in a stationary position". Since the feed barge is a vessel, of which, the main function is that of being an automated feeding system that floats and must be tugged from point to point, it is not classifiable as a vessel used for the transport of persons or goods.
