The Govt will be most interested to get the barging option...

The Govt will be most interested to get the barging option through. That way they do not have to spend money on rail or port infra., as the barging and coal trans ship loaders all come from the private sector.

Barging and transfer to ships for coal is operating in other parts of the world:

http://www.logmarin.net/docs/dci_apr08.pdf

Cheers, Skip