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^H TRADE ROUTES 3 continents, 18 countries 13 LASH ships now under construction to serve the areas below. LASH service begins this year. LASH LIGHTER CONSTRUCTION A total of 1200 LASH lighters are already being built to serve initial LASH trade routes. Photos at left were taken at one lighter assembly line. The LASH System is the most flexible, most advanced cargo container system in production today. Its ability to transport cargo in lighters (floating containers) or standard over-the-road containers in an unmatched advantage for ship operators. The LASH System provides all trading nations?whether their economies are highly industrialized, agricultural or developing ?the same high efficiency of cargo transportation. LASH SYSTEMS, !NC» 5U,TE 1414'225 BARONNE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A. March 15, 1969 7