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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.
The Marinefährprahm (MFP, naval ferry barge) was the largest landing craft operated by the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The MFP was used for transport, minelaying, as an escort and a gunboat in the Mediterranean , Baltic and Black Seas as well as the English Channel and Norwegian coastal waters.
Lightering (also called lighterage) is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft so it can enter port facilities that cannot accept large fully-loaded ocean-going vessels.
The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges aboard a bigger vessel for transport. It was developed in response to a need to transport lighters, a type of (usually but not always) unpowered barge, between inland waterways separated by open seas .
A lighterman is a worker who operates a lighter, a type of flat-bottomed barge, which may be powered or unpowered. In the latter case, it is usually moved by a powered tug. The term is particularly associated with the highly skilled men who operated the unpowered lighters moved by oar and water currents in the Port of London.
YFR barges are self-propelled, YFRN barges are not. The YFR and YFRN hull numbers are part of the YF and YFN sequence. YFR-443, ex-YF-443, transferred to Colombia [61] YFR-447, ex-YF-447; YFR-451, ex-YF-451, lost by explosion and fire, 14 miles northwest of Boston MA. harbor, 11 May 1944 [62] YFRN-833 through YFRN-841; YFR-888 through YFR-890 ...
Type B I barge hull. Designed to ensure no uncontrolled release of cargo to the water or atmosphere. Type B II barge hull. Designed to carry products which require substantial preventive measures to ensure no uncontrolled release of cargo to the water or atmosphere, but only if the release does not constitute a long term hazard. Type B III ...
Barge and lighters are typically towed or pushed around harbors, canals or rivers by tugboats. The carrier ships are also known as LASH carriers, barge carriers, kangaroo ships and lighter transport ships. Barges are load into the ship from the rear-stern of the ship. Two barge-lighters weighing up to 1,000 metric tons placed onto an underwater ...