Ships & Shipbuilding 20

**A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It……続きを見る

This book “Advanced Engineering for Processes and Technologies II” provides a good platform for participating researchers and academicians to share their latest innovation, technology and research f……続きを見る

This advanced practical textbook deals with the issue of risk analysis, measurement and management in the shipping industry. It identifies and analyses the sources of risk in the shipping business a……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the current issues and future developments facing public transport. Chapters in this book……続きを見る

This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles, and techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main segments: international ……続きを見る

This book describes the feasibility and status of the use of alternative fuels in marine engineering, as well as the application of liquefied natural gas, biodiesel and their blends as marine fuels,……続きを見る

This is the enhanced, augmented and updated 2nd edition 2021. The Shipbroker’s working knowledge is a book for employees involved in the shipping industry and particularly those dealing or about to ……続きを見る

Twisting and turning its way through great cities and towns is the eternal navigation: a network of canals that fed the industrial growth of our country. Nowadays we might consider our waterways a p……続きを見る

‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about this battle than I……続きを見る

This vintage book is an illustrated manual for motor boat, launch and yacht owners; operators of marine gasoline engines, and amateur boat-builders. It is a comprehensive guide to the design, constr……続きを見る

For 1930s Britain, the Queen Mary was a symbol of hope. Cunard had abandoned construction on what they had planned to be the grandest liner of all time (then known simply as Job 534) in the depths o……続きを見る

In this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader c……続きを見る

'Haywood imprints his inimitable humour on his descriptions of the people and places he meets along the way.' – BBC Countryfile magazine 'He conjures up a picture of a different world, filled with i……続きを見る

I "Du bliver aldrig sømand, Kaj" delte Kaj Lund ud af sine erindringer om livet på nogle af de sidste sejlskibe i fragtfart i 1920’erne. I "Sømænd i ØK-stil" fortæller han om det bratte skift mellem……続きを見る

"To ta’r tre trip" er en uformel og hyggelig skildring af forfatterens rejse til Sydamerika i 1930’erne. Turen går til Argentina, Paraguay og Brasilien og foregår på både skib, i bus og til fods, me……続きを見る

En ung matros fører journal over et sejlads fra København til Aalborg. Matrosen beskriver i sine optegnelser sejladset i sin praktiske udformning, såvel som det sociale liv på skibet og bruger disse……続きを見る

På ret kurs er den sidste bog i Birgit Poupliers serie om den unge dreng Totters opvækst. I denne bog stopper Totter på kostskolen og springer i stedet om bord på skoleskibet Georg Stage, hvor han f……続きを見る

En vinternat i 1959 synker det nybyggede motorskib M/S Hans Hedtoft på sin jomfrurejse fra Grønland til Danmark. Skibet og dets 95 passagerer forsvinder sporløst i det iskolde hav ud for den grønlan……続きを見る

13-årige Lillys far vender hjem efter at have tilbragt hele 2. verdenskrig i England. Men han er slet ikke, som Lilly havde ønsket sig, og der går ikke længe, før han bliver kaldt til søs, og denne ……続きを見る

I sine erindringer fortæller Kaj Lund om sit liv på nogle af de sidste sejlskibe, der var i fragtfart, inden de moderne maskindrevne handelsskibe i 1930’erne for alvor tog over. Kaj Lund fortæller s……続きを見る

This study seeks to help fill knowledge gaps on maritime trade in the Pacific. It examines trade flows in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Vanuatu. The study looks at shared co……続きを見る

Maritime trade is an essential lifeline for the remote island nations of the Pacific, which rely almost entirely on imports for essential goods. This study aims to foster dialogue among governments ……続きを見る

"Så kom telegrammet fra Paris: "Vil du med til Sydamerika om fjorten dage? Hans Bendix." Som et lyn sprang jeg ned og lånte to kroner til at svare ja for. Et par dage senere kom Hans hjem med histor……続きを見る

The gripping tale of one boy’s journey into manhood… and towards war. Jess Ferigo, a young man with few prospects other than growing old in the same town he has always known, dreams of a life at sea……続きを見る

Shipping is the world’s oldest sharing economy and is conducted in a self-organizing manner. Shipping is capital, energy, and information intensive, and with the growing impact of digitalization and……続きを見る

A microcosm of the history of American slavery in a collection of the most important primary and secondary readings on slavery at Georgetown University and among the Maryland Jesuits Georgetown Univ……続きを見る

The second edition of Shipboard Electrical Power Systems addresses new developments in this rapidly growing field. Focusing on the industry trend toward electric propulsion for cruise, navy, and com……続きを見る

This volume explores options for a sustainable maritime domain, including maritime transportation, such as, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), maritime education and training, maritime traffic and adv……続きを見る

The book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Engineering Structures (SHM&ES) 2020. It brings together different applied and technological ……続きを見る

Delving deep into Titanic's legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a considerable achievement in maritime architecture. He determi……続きを見る