An intermodal ship-borne system, for which barges are loaded inland, pushed or towed (either single or interlinked) along an inland waterway (river or canal system) to a point suitable for a ship. There the barges are lifted or towed onto or into the mother ship.
A particular design of a ship designed for the transportation of barges. Abbreviation: LASH.
Transportation mode using barges (lighters), tugs and mother vessels. Lighters are loaded at shallow draft facilities, pushed by tug to deepwater ports where they are loaded by mother ships for ocean crossing.
Abbreviation: Lash A vessel which carries barges.
A floatable large container (lighter) used in the combined ocean and inland waterway transport of goods.
Some ships are constructed to carry special barges (lighters). These barges can go to smaller docks, go into inland waterways, load cargo at those places, and then carry it back to the ship which lifts the barges aboard, with their cargo, and transports them overseas. Discharge of cargo is accomplished in the same manner.
an ocean ship which carries barges. These barges are loaded with cargo, often at a variety of locations, towed to the ocean ship, sometimes referred to as the mother ship, and lifted or, in some cases, floated on board. After the ocean crossing, the barges are off-loaded and towed to their various destinations. The ocean ship then receives a further set of barges which have been assembled in readiness. This concept was designed to eliminate the need for specialized port equipment and to avoid transshipment with its consequent extra cost.
The Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a larger vessel for transport. The host vessel is normally purpose built or modified with a door at the waterline, to allow the payloads to be loaded and unloaded without special lifting equipment. An example would be the LASH Turkiye, built at Avondale Shipyard for the Republic of Turkey.