There has been huge change in recent years in ship design, cargo handling techniques and indeed cargoes, and this book presents a reasonably modern description of the vessels used, their terminology, designs and typical operational...
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..constraints, speed, consumption, loadlines, drafts and deadweight, machinery, capacities, classification and likely flag registration. A good introduction to anyone entering the shipping industry. See also Vols 2 and 3 in the same series (SHC0131 and SHC0132). B/w photos and line drawings. Index. PB. 136pp.
