Facilities and methods used for loading complete vehicles on board ship; vessels known as "Belships," built in Great Britain especially for locomotives and other heavy cargoes described; they are provided with derricks each of which is capable of lifting up to 125-140 tons, so that vehicles can be unloaded by ship at distant ports if no shore or floating crane is available. (See also - editorial comment 474; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 62 n 21 Nov 18 1943 p 493-6)
Shipping fully-erected locomotives
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 79 , n 20
1943
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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