One of the principal ways in which logging companies move felled trees, called logs, is by gathering them together within floating lines, or booms, or by using barges.
Mežizstrādes uzņēmumi baļķus visbiežāk transportē, sasietus plostos vai sakrautus liellaivās, jo pārvadāt tos pa ūdeni ir vislētāk.