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German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping | | German term or phrase: seegängige Küstenmotorschiffe | | Der Hafen Duisburg zählt zu den bedeutendsten Binnenhäfen der Welt. Er ist Handels- und Verkehrsdrehscheibe der Rhein-Ruhr-Region und wichtiges Hinterland - Hub der ARA Seehäfen Amsterdam, Rotterdam und Antwerpen. Nahezu 20.000 Schiffe verschiedener Nationalitäten laufen „Duisport“ an, darunter „klassische“ Binnenschiffe (1.350 Tonnen Zuladung und mehr), „schwere“ Sechser Schubverbände (mit bis zu 18.000 Tonnen Zuladung) und etwa 2.000 **seegängige Küstenmotorschiffe** des sogenannten Short Sea Verkehrs (ca. 6.000 Tonnen Zuladung). |
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| | sea-going coasters | Explanation: A Küstenmotorschiff is simply a coaster in English - a "ship that travels along the coast from port to port" as the Oxford Dict. has it. |
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