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1LASH — /lash/, n. an ocean going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore. [1960 65; l(ighter) a(board) sh(ip)] * * * …
2Cargo container — 40 Fuß Container Im Mannheimer Containerhafen …
3LASH — Acronym for lighter aboard ship. This is a method of cargo handling in which cargo carrying barges (lighters) are lifted on and off ocean going ships by the ship s own crane, thus reducing to a minimum the need for port facilities …
4National Cargo Bureau — The National Cargo Bureau (NCB) a non profit marine surveying organization charged with assisting the U.S. Coast Guard with carrying out the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. The NCB was formed by a group… …
5Lighter aboard ship — The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a larger vessel for transport. It was developed in response to a need to transport lighters, a type of unpowered barge, between inland waterways… …
6New Orleans — New Orleanian /awr lee nee euhn, leen yeuhn/. /awr lee euhnz, awr leenz , awr leuhnz/ a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson. 557,482. * * * City (pop., 2000: 484,674),… …
7lighter aboard ship — (LASH) small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore …
8Diego Garcia — For other uses, see Diego Garcia (disambiguation). Diego Garcia IATA: NKW – ICAO: FJDG Summary …
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10MS München — was a German LASH carrier of the Hapag Lloyd line that sank with all hands for unknown reasons in a severe storm in December 1978.The most accepted theory is that one or more freak waves hit the München and damaged her, so that she drifted for 33 …
