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(nautical, transitive) To lengthen (a ship) by replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section..
The replacement and enlargement of the entire cargo section, commonly called "jumboizing," of one of the smaller American-flag tankers, now under bareboat charter to the Company, was completed in September.
This year the Great Lakes fleet will have four so-called "jumboized" ocean tanks with mid-body sections built in Europe and towed across the Atlantic Ocean and joined to salvaged bow and stern sections.
Named for the river, the Canisteo was commissioned in 1945 and "jumboized" (increased in size and capacity) in 1967.
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Jumboize means (nautical, transitive) To lengthen (a ship) by replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section..
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The replacement and enlargement of the entire cargo section, commonly called "jumboizing," of one of the smaller American-flag tankers, now under bareboat charter to the Company, was completed in September.
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