Dock with capacity of 1000 tons was delivered by Netherlands Dock and Shipbldg Co (N.D.S.M.), Amsterdam, to Ministry of Riijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Public Waterways), and is for Staatsvisserschavenbedrijf (Government Fishery Harbor Service) at Ijmuiden; it is of box type and consists of pontoon with two side walls; safety decks in side walls prevent dock from sinking if it is wrongly operated; space underneath safety deck is divided into 15 ballast tanks by four watertight transverse bulkheads and two longitudinal bulkheads; length over pontoon deck is 213 ft 3 in.; no bilge blocks have been fitted and vessels are kept upright by wooden shores on wooden platforms fixed inside sidewalls, etc. (44811)
Dutch floating dock for fishing craft
Shipbldg Shipping Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 111 , n 18
1968
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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