River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

On 9/11/2015 7:20 AM, Clayton Langstaff wrote:
River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.


Interesting information Clayton!

Paul

On 11/09/2015 1:19 PM, Paul McGrane wrote:
On 9/11/2015 7:20 AM, Clayton Langstaff wrote:
River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on
weekends.


Interesting information Clayton!

Paul
There's quite a variety of these ships on the rivers of Europe. Some
are even small, tug boats, equipped with clamps on the front, that push
long barges ahead of them.

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:20:56 -0400, Clayton Langstaff
wrote:

River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

Nice Shot Clayton .

I like pics of what I would call low profile self propelled barges .
We don't have them in this part of the world .

Lee

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:20:56 -0400, Clayton Langstaff
wrote:

River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

Great picture -- anybody want to guess how they get the car off the
boat and on the road? Yes, I do notice what might be a crane arm,
but not sure it is used for the car. Hal

That crane might be a long arm fork lift...


On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:06:22 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:20:56 -0400, Clayton Langstaff
wrote:

River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

Great picture -- anybody want to guess how they get the car off the
boat and on the road? Yes, I do notice what might be a crane arm,
but not sure it is used for the car. Hal

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On 17/09/2015 10:52 AM, John B wrote:
That crane might be a long arm fork lift...


On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:06:22 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:20:56 -0400, Clayton Langstaff
wrote:

River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

Great picture -- anybody want to guess how they get the car off the
boat and on the road? Yes, I do notice what might be a crane arm,
but not sure it is used for the car. Hal

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There are many uses for those long arm cranes, on those River cargo
ships. Most of them are equipped with them, even tankers.

On 17/09/2015 10:52 AM, John B wrote:
That crane might be a long arm fork lift...


On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:06:22 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:20:56 -0400, Clayton Langstaff
wrote:

River Cargo ship, Dadan, registered in Rotterdam, exiting a lock on the
Main River, Germany. Most of these cargo ships are operated by
families, who live on the ship, hence the vehicle on board. They can go
shopping, sightseeing, or whatever while the ship is being loaded or
unloaded. Children attend boarding school, and can be "home" on weekends.

Great picture -- anybody want to guess how they get the car off the
boat and on the road? Yes, I do notice what might be a crane arm,
but not sure it is used for the car. Hal

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Depending on where they dock, it may be possible to drive off a ramp,
that's moved onto the ship. The crane could be used to lift it off, as
well as lift those covers off the cargo. These ships usually carry
coal, and a lot carry sand, as many places along the rivers, are
creating beaches for camping areas being developed.