Problems of ship in port are of such complexity that trained engineering mind is needed for adequate solution; handling of bulk cargo, ore, coal, grain, etc.; operation of loading a ship is more simple than discharging; features found essential for any type of equipment to handle numerous classes of freight found on steamship piers; customs weighing of imported cargo by U. S. Government employees has long been done by antiquated methods with great expense and delay; use of mechanical equipment at steamship terminals. (See also Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. -- advance paper for mtg., Apr. 23 and 24, 1928, 10 pp.; Mar. Rev., vol. 58, nos. 9, Sept. pp. 42-46, Oct. 1928, no. 10, pp. 42-45, 9 figs.; Port of New York, vol. 7, nos. 6, June. 1928. pp. 21-23 and July 1928, no. 7, pp. 19-21 and 25)
Marine terminal operation
Pac. Mar. Rev.
Pacific Marine Review ; 25 , n 6
1928
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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