Floating antidisaster base heads for Osaka

Floating antidisaster base heads for Osaka

SAKAIDE, Japan - The ''Minifloat'' antidisaster offshore base, a 6,900-ton transportable floating platform, leaves Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where it was built, on March 13 for Osaka. The 80-meter x 40-meter platform is capable of docking ships of around 2,000 tons, serving as a large-scale heliport, and carrying enough food and water supplies for 100,000 disaster victims.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000004209
  • Registered date
  • 2000/3/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1212 × 1462 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 140.95(KB)*
  • Special instruction

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