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LASH tops750,000 ton cargo mark carrying everything from bicycles to nuclear reactor components.

By December 31, 1970 more than 750,000 tons of general cargo had been carried by LASH vessels in international trade. Here are a few of the many commodities that can be carried in LASH lighters:

This lighter contains a full load of tea. Other commodities that have been carried in full load lots include: automobiles, tractors, combines, bulk rice, baled cotton, palletized wood pulp, liner board, rolled steel shapes, steel pipe and aluminum ingots, to mention only a few.

This lighter carries a mixed cargo of knocked-down bicycles, a 20-foot container, wire rope and farm tractors. LASH lighters have also carried nuclear reactor components, fine wines, whiskey, heavy lifts, furniture, food products, machinery, juices, glassware, chemicals, and countless other items.

LASH SYSTEMS, INC. SUITE 1414> 225 BARONNE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A.

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