MACKACE BREAKS NEW ICE

An examination of the various systems at present employed for transporting cargo would perhaps reveal that it is the hovercraft which still has the greatest apparent marketing and development potential. Certainly, manufacturers have come a long way since Sir Christopher Cockerill first demonstrated the idea, with designs now ranging from tiny inflatable runabouts to massive roll-on/roll-off sea-going ferries. However great interest is being shown by civil engineering companies in the ship-to-shore handling possibilities. One company involved in widening the hovercraft's scope is Mackace, who has discovered that, among other things, its hover platforms can be used for ice-breaking.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cargo Systems International

  Arun House, 201-205 High Street
  New Malden KT3 4BH, Surrey,   England 

  Cargo Systems Publications Limited

  McMillan House, 54 Cheam Common Road
  Worchester Park, Surrey KT4 8RJ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 111
• Serial:
  • CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Cargo handling; Commodities; Freight traffic; Ground effect; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Propulsion; Ships; Transportation; Vehicle design; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Air cushion technology; Hovercraft operations; Hovercraft propulsion; Skirt design
• Subject Areas: Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310483
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1980 12:00AM