New No. 8 repair dock of Wilton-Fijenoord-N.V., at Schiedam, now complete, has capacity for vessels of up to 150,000 tons dw: length between gate and dock head at cope level 1008 ft 6 in. and at floor level 1000 ft 8 in., barrel width 160 ft 9 in.; dock entrance is closed by horizontally rotating box-type gate provided with buoyancy tanks, trim tanks and ballast tanks which allow 834-ton gate to be floated to required operating position; diagram shows cross section of dock and structure: notes are given on pouring of underwater concrete, etc.


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    Titel :

    Dry docks -- Silton-Fijenoord's 150,000-ton facilities


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1966


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Port facilities, wharves, docks and terminals

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