Boats - Sailing - Ships

Dec. 12, 1969 - Containers floating from the Mississippi to Cologne, The town of Cologne has become the terminus of a new traffic system connecting the USA with Europe. This traffic system consists of big floating containers conveying goods from the USA to Cologne and back, without being necessary to reload them. Thus Cologne enjoys the advantages of a sea port. The first transport of paper and cellulose which is ear-marked partly for Eastern Europe has now arrived. The floating big containers are harboring on a jetty-wall like ships and 18.75 ms. long, 9.30. wide, and 4 ms. high. They were laden on the Mississippi, pushed to the Golf of Mexico by special ship, were there heaved on a special ship of 43, 000 tons and were watered in Europe in the port of Rotterdam. Eight of the floating containers were grouped and brought up the Rhine to Germany by a pushing ship

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Advantages Cellulose Cologne Connecting Consists Containers Conveying Enjoys Grouped Harboring Heaved Laden Mississippi Necessary Partly Pushed Pushing Reload Rotterdam Terminus Thus Tons Watered

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