(under subclass 137.9) Apparatus including a third buoyant vehicle intended to load or unload the first buoyant vehicle and transfer the material to or from the second buoyant vehicle.
(1) Note. The term "lighter" is somewhat confused in the art, and is considered to refer to any buoyant vehicle intended to support and transfer material from a transport buoyant vehicle to a receiver, and may comprise any of various structures, e.g., a small boat on which a material handling device is carried, or a large vessel having the purpose of transporting material between other vessels at a single portage. The lighter may include a hold for temporary storage of material. Such a vessel may also be referred to as a "tender" or and "oiler".
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137.1+, especially 142.1+, 142.6, 142.7, and 142.9, for a "lighter" with handling structure, but without a ship to be loaded or unloaded.
