Sentence examples for accommodate a ship from inspiring English sources

What makes this design unlikely is that destination ports would have to be completely redesigned to accommodate a ship that extends this far underwater.

The range itself was located precariously close to the "danger bearing" — the shoal area in which the safe 50-60 feet of water that could accommodate a ship shallowed to only 10-20 feet.

Bismarck, also damaged, ordered her consort to proceed independently while she headed for the French port of St Nazaire, which was the only port on the Atlantic coast with a dry dock able to accommodate a ship of her size.

Before she could begin sea trials, Vittorio Veneto was moved to Venice on 4 October to have her bottom cleaned of the fouling that had accumulated during the long fitting-out period, since the Venice Arsenal had the only drydock in Italy long enough to accommodate a ship the size of the Littorio class.

When the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened in 1848, the landmass at Wolf Point was decreased by dredging to accommodate a turning basin for ships.

He also didn't require a ship that could accommodate a huge tank.

To help prepare for this, the Port Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers are preparing to dredge the channels and berths to a depth of 50 feet to accommodate a new generation of container ships.

WITH traffic through the port of New York expected to double by the end of the decade and continue growing, and with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey having voted to accelerate a plan to dredge channels to accommodate a new generation of big ships, the authority is making other changes to speed the flow of cargo across its docks.

The agency, he said, is anticipating a large increase in containerized freight from the Far East as dredging, first to 45 feet and ultimately to 50 feet, allows the ports in Newark and Elizabeth to accommodate a new generation of larger ships.

Horse trailers come in a variety of sizes to accommodate shipping a number of horses.

A means to adjust the height between the span and the supporting pontoon to accommodate changes in a ship's trim is still required; and, therefore, the overall economies of a pontoon are less than might at first be imagined.