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"Serving on the Big Ships: Life on the Liners" looks at passenger ship history from the perspective of recollections, impressions, and anecdotes of those who sailed these fine, but largely bygone vessels. It covers the last golden age of ocean liner...

This book is a glossary of shipping terms that have been carefully selected from the myriad of terms one can encounter in the shipping business. The information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the...

This book explores the significant challenges in sustaining and upgrading The Global Positioning System (GPS). The GPS provides positioning, navigation, and timing data to users world-wide, and has become essential to U.S. national security and a key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493059591Author Dave HornerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Taylor Trade PublishingPublisher Taylor Trade Publishing

When combined with artificial intelligence, advanced computing architectures and enhanced communications, sensor technologies can monitor vessel performance and the adjacent environment to detect conditions that may hinder voyage completion. This book...

The years between the end of the American Revolution and the beginning of the Civil War were crucial ones in the history of American coastal charting. At the beginning, foreign charts, principally British, were available; and a few of American origin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877515Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892875689Author Ron WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 1407g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892874415Author Clymer PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 664g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872883888Author Randy StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 712Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 1544g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833037350Author Rosalind LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 213g

The schooner yacht was developed in the United States, though very little has been written about them in this country a until now. In this in-depth look at some of the great American schooner yachts, the author uses both the original plans and drawings...

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today's engineering officers, port engineers, superintendent engineers, and other maritime professionals. Steam turbine propulsion systems are included, but the coverage has...

Cruise ships are the single largest passenger conveyances in the world, with one ship currently in service that can carry more than 8,500 passengers and crew. The Coast guard considers cruise ships to be highly attractive targets to terrorists, and...

The only text available that equips professional mariners and shipping students with an understanding of the basics of cargo operations and management. Broad scope: it covers all the major topics in this study area Simple and easy to understand for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703269Author John ClarksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 302g

The Story of the Kappel Propeller tells the story of a remarkable adventure in engineering design innovation. The propeller gives a significant energy saving over conventional designs with consequent economic and environmental benefits. Here, the...

Coffee from South America, oil from Saudi Arabia, TVs from China: Ships provide us daily with goods from all over the world. Each year about 45,000 cargo ships transport almost seven billion tonnes of goods across the globe. On their paths, they cross...

This volume supplements a selection of contemporary newspaper articles, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s, with background information from other sources such as the reports of Marine Courts of Inquiry, extracts from ships' log books and references to crew...

The U.S. Navy plans to build a number of new surface ships in the coming decades according to its most recent 30-year shipbuilding plan. All of the Navy's aircraft carriers are powered by nuclear reactors; its other surface combatants are powered by...

America's Marine Highway system accommodates the water-borne movement of passengers and non-bulk freight between origins and destinations otherwise served solely by roads and railways. Its corridors run parallel to many of the nation's most important...

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In 1839, Samuel Cunard travelled from his native Nova Scotia to Britain to raise capital to found his fledgling steamship company, which was to be named the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Quickly shortened to the Cunard Line,...

The Great Lakes were America’s first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country’s middle and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877843Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892876914Author Randy StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 1276g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892876136Author Clymer PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 616Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 1351g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872884144Author Randy StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 919g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953502Author Bernard McCallFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

Tracing the development of autonomous and automated shipping from a hype of unmanned ships to a more realistic use of automation to augment humans in maritime operations, this book shows why human factors and human-centred design are essential to the...

This text provides an original contribution to the maritime literature focusing on developments in this field in the Baltic Region. This part of the world has seen dramatic changes in recent years, particularly with the collapse of the Communist led...

Turkey is one of the largest and most important shipping and logistics centres in the world. This edited collection brings together industrialists actively involved in the shipping trade with an interdisciplinary team of academics from the region to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901703705Author Ships in Focus PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 263Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952117995Author John ClarksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 306g

This text has been developed to provide a firm foundation for men and women working toward earning US Coast Guard licenses to operate auxiliary-powered sailing yachts and vessels. Initially created as a course curriculum for classes in sail vessel...

On a merchant ship it is the watch officer who truly feels the full weight of responsibility for the safety of the vessel. This book not only helps a new watch officer shoulder that responsibility, but also reinforces the knowledge and skills of the...

Created to be small and compact for easy traveling, this study guide provides all the lights, shapes, and symbols used out in the sea. How do you signal that a vessel is in distress or has run aground? International signals and symbols are also provided,...

An experienced deck officer and maritime attorney objectively considers cognitive, organizational, and operational factors proven to contribute to maritime casualties. Research from other safety-critical domains, as well as knowledge gained from 40 years...

Marine Cargo Operations clearly spells out the basic principles of cargo operations and acquaints merchant officers with the techniques of stowage and their application. Based on the authors' half century of experience, the book singles out the most...

In Deadrise and Cross-planked, author Larry S. Chowning takes readers on a journey into the history of wooden deadrise boat building, highlighting its role in Chesapeake Bay culture, and providing deeper insight into the builders who created these works...