New cargo handling equipment does away with old type booms on ships and speeds up handling; electric powered device called "Siporter " loads 20 ton shipping containers directly from dockside to hold; two parallel horizontal booms are extended outboard from either side of vessel and retracted to reach any area of ship's beam; whole unit moves fore and aft on fixed rails to reach any hatch.


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    Title :

    Changing silhouette at sea


    Additional title:

    Compressed Air Mag


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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