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A pusher, pusher craft, [1] pusher boat, pusher tug, or towboat, is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats. In the United States, the industries that use these vessels refer to them as towboats. These vessels are characterized by a square bow and a shallow draft, and they typically have knees, which are large plates mounted to the bow ...
Model of the Khufu ship in the Giza Solar boat museum, with the deck removed, showing the rope stitching that holds the planks together. The ship was one of two [2] rediscovered in 1954 by Kamal el-Mallakh—undisturbed since it was sealed into a pit carved out of the Giza bedrock.
A replica of the Bremen cog. A cog is a type of ship that was used during the Middle Ages, mostly for trade and transport but also in war.It first appeared in the 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century onward.
In that period, sail plans might start from smallest to largest boat or ship in a hierarchy of sailing rigs: [10] [2] Yachts. Catboat with a single sail; Sloop with mainsail and jib; Yawl with a small mast behind the steering post; Ketch with a mizzenmast ahead of the steering post; Working boats and coastal freighters. Cutter with a single ...
MV Rhine Forest in the Port of Rotterdam. 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.
The bottom is flat in a river junk with no keel (similar to a sampan), so that the boat relies on a daggerboard, [16] leeboard or very large rudder to prevent the boat from slipping sideways in the water. [17] The internal bulkheads are characteristic of junks, providing interior compartments and strengthening the ship.
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Coastal merchant vessel. Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters or skoots, [1] are shallow-hulled [citation needed] merchant ships used for transporting cargo along a coastline.