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A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships.

Hong Kong widely uses lighters in midstream operations whereby lighters transport cargo, mostly containers, between oceangoing vessels or to and from terminals. Lighters in Hong Kong are usually equipped with cranes of 40-60 tonnes capacity, and the largest ones can carry up to 300 TEU containers (empties). Lighters are not fitted with engines but are towed by tugboats. In 2007, midstream operators handled about 2 million TEUs and 5 million TEUs were transported as river trade cargo which are heavily dependent on lighters.
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Source Lighter. Hong Kong Harbour.
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location22° 17′ 30.75″ N, 114° 09′ 23.21″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/16023797191 (archive). It was reviewed on 4 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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