. Ports and terminal facilities . (Brown Portable Conveyor Co.) Fig. 51.—Side-port transfer by means of portable (Brown Portable Conveyor Co.) Fig. 52.—Side-port transfer by means of portable conveyor. amount of cargo transferred between ship and wharf during theyear. Each succeeding method involves greater capital invest- CARGO TRANSFER AND HANDLING 153 merit in wharf equipment. Unless the volume of freight handledis increased, the interest and amortization of the increased in-vestment will not be met by the saving accomplished. I. Ships Tackle.—All steamers other than tankers carr
. Ports and terminal facilities . (Brown Portable Conveyor Co.) Fig. 51.—Side-port transfer by means of portable (Brown Portable Conveyor Co.) Fig. 52.—Side-port transfer by means of portable conveyor. amount of cargo transferred between ship and wharf during theyear. Each succeeding method involves greater capital invest- CARGO TRANSFER AND HANDLING 153 merit in wharf equipment. Unless the volume of freight handledis increased, the interest and amortization of the increased in-vestment will not be met by the saving accomplished. I. Ships Tackle.—All steamers other than tankers carrj-- theirown unloading machinery. Between the two forward hatchesis a short stout mass with several movable booms and anotherbetween the after hatches. The modern freighter has as many asten booms to a mast. Together with donkey engine and tackle,loads of a ton or more may be handled by each boom and cost of transferring freight by this tackle is not large, notover six cents to seven cents a ton on the average. This includesplacing the cargo in the sling, lifting it out of the hold, anddepositing it on
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