Note on new vessel, Aberthaw Fisher, launched at Troon yard of Ailsa, will be chartered to Central Electricity Generating Board for 10 yr, and will be able to carry three loads each of up to 300 tons; feature is hydraulically operated platform aft which can keep load level with any quay wall so that road transporters can be winched straight on to ship at any or most states of tide; this automatically compensated platform is then lowered to hold and load can either remain aboard its road transporter or transporter can be severed and withdrawn; this vessel and sister ship to follow are only 260 ft oa by 55 ft beam, with 12 ft draft.
Novel new vessels for extra-heavy lifts
Shipg World Shipbldr
Shipping World and Shipbuilder ; 157 , n 3785 ; p 575
1966
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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