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BUMBOAT on the SINGAPORE RIVER
A bumboat is a small boat used to ferry supplies to ships moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger's boat,the name comes from the combination of the Dutch word for a canoe—"boomschuit" ("boom" meaning "tree"),and "boat".
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