Pontoon lighters, which have carrying capacity of 330 tons, have been tested with good success; they are now used for shipping large, bulky structures as well as containers from Hamburg; fork lift trucks up to 5 mp carrying capacity and motor vehicles up to 12 ton axle load may also be employed for roll-on/roll-off traffic; two large lighters are to be built for same purpose.
Pontoon lighters carry goods across sea
Seetransport mit Pontonleichtern
Foerdern und Heben ; 18 , n 6
1968
Article (Journal)
German
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