Barges in different directions (8)
I believe the answer is:
bearings
'directions' is the definition.
(as in compass bearings)
'barges in different' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'barges'+'in'='bargesin'
'bargesin' is an anagram of 'BEARINGS'.
(Other definitions for bearings that I've seen before include "Ivan -, Russian author" , "Moving parts; directions" , "specific location" , "(Sense of) one's position or direction" , "Part of machine" .)