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self-unloading ship

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self-unloading ship [′self ən¦lōd·iŋ ′ship]
(naval architecture)
A ship equipped with endless belt or chain devices or with swinging booms, which enable it to be unloaded without the use of harbor facilities.


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Efficiency overcomes poor prices Even though 1991 has been a good year for the shipping industry on the Great Lakes, a pair of Northern Ontario companies credit the use of self-unloading ships with the survival of the firms.
The joint venture owns two Panamax-class, self-unloading ships that transport these products to sales and distribution yards along the U.
4 million tons per year, and furnishes material via self-unloading ships and barges to customers in Nova Scotia, the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States, and the Caribbean Islands.
 
 
 
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