This was a LASH (acronym for Lighter Aboard SHip) vessel, carrying small, box-type barges (lighters) approximately 60 feet long, 30 feet wide and 15 feet high.

What is a lash dock?

A barge carrier designed to act as a shuttle between ports, taking and discharging barges (lighters). The lighters each have the capacity of 400 tons and are stowed in the holds and on deck. When the ship is at sea with one set of lighters, further sets can be made ready.

What type of ship is a lighter?

A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were moved and steered using long oars called “sweeps” and the motive power of water currents.

What is a barge ship?

A barge is a kind of cargo-carrying vessel designed to transport passengers or goods through rivers or canals. Normally, these shipping vessels are long, flat-bottomed boats that do not have a self-propelling mechanism. Some have open tops while there are covered barges to transport dry or liquid cargoes.

What is the meaning of RoRo?

Roll-on, Roll-off
RoRo is short for ‘Roll-on, Roll-off’, which describes how products are loaded and discharged from a vessel.

What does a tug boat do?

Tugs are special boats that assist other vessels into and out of port. The primary purpose of these boats is to help move larger ships by towing, pushing, and guiding.

Which gas is filled in lighter?

Butane
Butane, a highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gas used in gas-type lighters, cigarette lighters and butane torches.

What is a rope lighter?

Rope lighters (also known as Sheppard’s lighter) were billed as windproof lighters. The method of operation is to strike the attached sparkwheel to create sparks, which are caught on a charred cotton rope, that has been partially withdrawn from a metal tube housing.

Who is the bill of lading issued to?

A) Where The bill of lading is issued to a charterer (whether the charterer is the shipper or buyer ) the governing contract is the charterer party .The bill of lading is a mere receipt of the goods on board the vessel. Neither party can claim under bill of lading.

How is a LASH ship different from a normal ship?

All told, these ships spent more than 80% of their annual application time at sea, whereas the conventional ships often lay at harbor for as much as half the year. LASH barges are loaded at inland river and shallow ports. Then, the barges are towed to ocean port’s fleeting areas to meet the LASH mother vessel.

What was the purpose of the LASH system?

Large container terminals with extensive conveyor systems and storage areas were still only in planning or in the development stages. The LASH system was developed as an alternative and supplement to the developing container system.

Why do you need a bill of lading for air freight?

Since it is not negotiable, and it does not evidence title to the goods, in order to maintain some control of goods not paid for by cash in advance, sellers often consign air shipments to their sales agents or freight forwarders’ agents in the buyer’s country.