"It used to refer to a mother ship built to carry other vessels," Mr. Langan continued.

The ship lift's basin can carry vessels of up to 250 tons.

Mighty Servant 1 is a 29,000-ton heavy-lift ship capable of carrying very large vessels and offshore platforms.

The waterway is designed for large-scale inland vessels (110x11.45 m) but it can carry much larger vessels on most of its course.

International conventions serve a key role in developing standards for oil carrying vessels from different nations into the U.S.

Women carry vessels or children, and men carry balls or instruments, some are soldiers with shields.

They carried several smaller vessels, including one picket boat, one barge, and two dinghies.

It consists of about 500 ships, including 130 submarines and their most advanced missile carrying vessels, such as the nuclear cruiser Kirov.

Ships in British waters will no longer flout an 1824 anti-slave-trade law when they carry "cooking vessels of an unusual size."

In or around 1600, a round tower was constructed to safeguard against pirates "carrying away" vessels entering the harbour.