"A few tons per meter" is unlikely to cut it.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Or are we talking about the tube itself? I was considering the tube to be made of steel alone, but now you mention it, a ferrocement design would be much lighter (steel has a density of about 8). There are many ferrocement boats out there and ferrocement is lighter than concrete.