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Kids&Science Transport By Water Container Ships
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See also: Buoyancy - The Archimedes’ Principle, Floating or Sinking? - Displacement of Water, The Anomaly of Water, The Capillary Effect, Surface Tension, Ice 

 

Container Ships for the Transport of Goods

Containers are big standardised boxes. They are loaded directly from the lorry onto trains or ships. This is a very cheap means of transport.

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