. Ports and terminal facilities . >4-.« .->,i K.* ■■ m\<»^-: K—-■- K?i f fl049^ >i< ?&^^ °^ Fig. 63.—Bremen. Section showing quay wall, 3 tracks, wide transit sheds,cranes, marginal street, warehouse (4 floors). tween car and ship. This was shown above not to be the , some freight is loaded this way. Wherever the com-modity is in large and heavy or bulky packages such as machin-ery, structural steel, logs, automobiles, etc., the loading does takeplace from car to ship. All such commodities both here anda
. Ports and terminal facilities . >4-.« .->,i K.* ■■ m\<»^-: K—-■- K?i f fl049^ >i< ?&^^ °^ Fig. 63.—Bremen. Section showing quay wall, 3 tracks, wide transit sheds,cranes, marginal street, warehouse (4 floors). tween car and ship. This was shown above not to be the , some freight is loaded this way. Wherever the com-modity is in large and heavy or bulky packages such as machin-ery, structural steel, logs, automobiles, etc., the loading does takeplace from car to ship. All such commodities both here andabroad are moved on flat cars or gondola cars from the point oforigin to within reach of the crane for loading. As it is uneco-nomical to have wharf cranes of greater capacity than five tons,and usually they are about three tons capacity, very heavypieces are loaded and unloaded by derrick lighters. The waterfront tracks are therefore intended for the particularheavy-duty loading as stated. When this kind of freight is notbeing delivered or forwarded from the waters, edge the tracksare kept clear in order not to interfere with the movement of the 164 PORTS AND TE
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