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  2. Livestock carrier - Wikipedia

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    An open livestock carrier with a cargo of sheep from Australia, docked in Oman. A livestock carrier is a seagoing vessel for the transportation of live animals. Typically it is large ship used in the live export of sheep, cattle and goats. Livestock carriers may be specially built new or converted from container ships.

  3. Livestock transportation - Wikipedia

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    Throughout most of human prehistory and history, the primary means of livestock transportation was by droving.The reason was usually either for seasonal grazing movement (to move them to a summer grazing range or to move them to an overwintering range or shelter) or to bring them to market of one form or another, whether bartering livestock (between farmers) or selling them (whether as stores ...

  4. Animal transporter - Wikipedia

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    Animal transporters are used to transport livestock or non-livestock animals over long distances. They could be specially-modified vehicles, trailers, ships or aircraft containers. [1] [2] While some animal transporters like horse trailers only carry a few animals, modern ships engaged in live export can carry tens of thousands.

  5. SS Tauric - Wikipedia

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    SS Tauric was a steamship built in 1891 by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line and completed on 16 May 1891. She was the sister ship of Nomadic [1] [2] Though designed as a livestock carrier, Tauric carried a small amount of cabin-(second-) and steerage-(third-) class passengers.

  6. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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    Roll-on/Roll-off car carrying ship being boarded by articulated haulers at the Port of Baltimore RoRo ports and inland waterways of the United States. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

  7. Victorian Railways livestock transport - Wikipedia

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    By the 1950s, the rise of road transport saw the loss of a number of short branch lines, particularly those where the only traffic had been timber or livestock. [1] From 1974 to the 1980s intrastate road freight was deregulated, and rail 'common carrier' obligations were removed, resulting in the loss to road of much non-bulk freight. [2]

  8. Stock car (rail) - Wikipedia

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    However, even with livestock handlers and faster schedules, many stock cars were still listed on company rosters with open roofs and very little in the way of improved conditions for the livestock themselves. [7] Most railroads resisted the call for as long as possible from shippers for improvements to cars specifically designed to carry livestock.

  9. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]