摘要 |
A vessel for transport of a floating buoyant cargo such as barges, lighters and pontoons, wherein cargo is partially supported in the vessel by its own buoyancy, includes a hull having a bottom shell with rigid submarine cargo-supporting and hull-reinforcing structure, a bow, a stern, side walls, gate means in the hull for openin to enable floatation loading and unloading of the floating cargo and for closing during transportation, and securing means for releasably locking the cargo.
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