BRITAIN SAILS INTO THE CONTAINER AGE.—The 27,000-ton container ship Encounter Bay in the English Channel on her way to Australia. The ship carries 1300 containers, each 20ft by 8ft by 8ft. More than 300 of these insulated containers can be used to hold refrigerated cargo. They are coupled to a central cold-air refrigerating system in the engine room. Two tiers of loaded containers are carried on deck, and a third tier ean be accommodated above this if necessary. A specially-designed hull keeps the seas off the vessel’s deck. and the pronounced flare of her "aircraft-carrier” how throws the water clear. Specially-built terminals enable staff to unload and load this type of ship in under 48 hours.

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32126, 23 October 1969, Page 1

BRITAIN SAILS INTO THE CONTAINER AGE.—The 27,000-ton container ship Encounter Bay in the English Channel on her way to Australia. The ship carries 1300 containers, each 20ft by 8ft by 8ft. More than 300 of these insulated containers can be used to hold refrigerated cargo. They are coupled to a central cold-air refrigerating system in the engine room. Two tiers of loaded containers are carried on deck, and a third tier ean be accommodated above this if necessary. A specially-designed hull keeps the seas off the vessel’s deck. and the pronounced flare of her "aircraft-carrier” how throws the water clear. Specially-built terminals enable staff to unload and load this type of ship in under 48 hours.