A hopper barge is disclosed. The hopper barge comprises a hopper compartment for carrying a plurality of containers, the hopper compartment comprising a hopper compartment deck. The hopper barge comprises an inner-bottom portion defined in part by the hopper compartment deck and a bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of longitudinal bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of transverse bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge, the plurality of transverse bulkheads running perpendicular to the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads. A plurality of pedestal supports are affixed to the hopper compartment deck, wherein at least one of the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads intersects at least one of the plurality of transverse bulkheads at a position beneath at least one of the plurality of pedestal supports.

A pleasure craft is provided such as a luxury pleasure craft. The craft eliminates the need for transverse bulkheads in one or more decks inside the hull of the craft, thus improving the aesthetics and usability thereof. The hull of the pleasure craft defines an imaginary or virtual freeboard deck located below the main deck of the craft. A cavity is arranged on one or more decks on both sides of the hull separate from the remaining space of the corresponding deck and delimited on its outer side by the corresponding side wall. The imaginary or virtual freeboard deck is therefore at a height equal to the extension in the vertical direction of the cavities from the floor of the corresponding deck.