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Stena Line by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The major company in the short-sea passenger and freight business in 2020 is the Swedish Stena Line, who operate services to Europe, Scandinavia and Ireland from United Kingdom ports. The company... -
Birkenhead Reflections by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Situated on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool, is the town of Birkenhead. It can trace its origins back to the twelfth century when a Benedictine priory and Mersey ferry... -
Cunard Cruise Ships by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.93The Cunard Line's Britannia was the first steamship to establish regular communication across the Atlantic. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 4 July 1840, setting in motion the first regular... -
Birkenhead Through Time by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Although its first inhabitants were medieval monks, Birkenhead began to grow during the nineteenth century because of its links with Liverpool. Later, trade from all over the world began to flow... -
Birkenhead History Tour by Ian Collard
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.88The earliest mention of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, was in the twelfth century when monks built a priory there and established a ferry crossing to Liverpool. In later centuries the town... -
P&O Ferries by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.93In the late 1960s, P&O established ferry services in the North Sea and English Channel. Roll-on/roll-off operations and containerisation were introduced and new ships, facilities and investment was... -
The Port of Southampton Ian Collard 9781445686417
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53An Act of Parliament passed in 1836 authorised the Southampton Dock Company to build a dock at Southampton. The foundation stone for the new docks was laid on 12 October 1838. The Eastern Docks were... -
Carnival Cruises Ian Collard 9781398129115
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $30.22The story of Carnival Cruises, ‘The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line’, shown with a vibrant selection of images. -
Liverpool in 50 Buildings by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53From its humble thirteenth-century origins, Liverpool grew rapidly to become the greatest port in the British Empire outside London, but by 1980 the city was seemingly in terminal decline: its... -
Sealink British Ferries by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $26.19Sealink's antecedents go back to the packet boats of the days before steam. The invention of the steam engine greatly assisted the development of the railways and led to the growth of the packet... -
Wirral From Old Photographs by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.93The Wirral Peninsula in north-west England lies within Cheshire and Merseyside but has its own distinct identity. In the east, on the estuary of the River Mersey, lie the two largest urban centres on... -
Liverpool Docks Through Time by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The Port of Liverpool handles more container trade with the United States than any other port in the UK and now also serves more than 100 other non-EU destinations, from China to Africa and the... -
The Port of Liverpool in the 1960s and 1970s by Ian Collard
Booksplease Price: $34.42In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the traditional shipping companies trading or based in Liverpool slowly vanished because of containerisation or competition from passenger aircraft. Many of these... -
Birkenhead From Old Photographs by Ian Collard
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.27Birkenhead From Old Photographs offers a captivating glimpse into the history of Birkenhead, providing the reader with a visual representation of the town's intriguing and chequered history. Drawing... -
Liverpool City Centre Through Time by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Although Liverpool has existed as a port since the thirteenth century, it wasn't until the seventeenth century that it truly began to grow on the profits of trade with America, importing sugar from... -
Mersey Shipping Since 2000 Ian Collard 9781398123311
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The Mersey Docks & Harbour Board was created in 1858, becoming a limited company in 1972. There followed a programme of investment in the facilities to be completed and the building of a new dock and... -
Mersey Ports: Liverpool & Birkenhead by Ian Collard 9780752421100
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $24.74The busy River Mersey and its two ports, Liverpool and Birkenhead, have seen great changes in recent years. In Mersey Ports - Liverpool and Birkenhead, Ian Collard charts the developments that have... -
Liverpool City Centre History Tour by Ian Collard
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.88Liverpool City Centre History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous old port city. Local author Ian Collard guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its... -
Tugs and Towing Around Britain Ian Collard 9781398116542
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The first tugs were built at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of the development of enclosed docks and the increase in size and power of sea-going vessels. Tugs were needed to... -
Liverpool Landing Stage Through Time by Ian Collard 9781445604138
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The Pier Head and landing stages have been places where the people of Liverpool have been able to view, participate in and enjoy many of the major maritime celebrations and events of the last hundred... -
Irish Sea Ports on the River Mersey and River Dee by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53In this book, Ian Collard uses his collection of rare and previously unpublished images to tell the story of the Irish sea ports located on the River Mersey and River Dee. The history of these ports... -
The British Cruise Ship an Illustrated History 1945-2014 by Ian Collard
RRP: $41.98Booksplease Price: $29.90When Arthur Anderson invited William Makepeace Thackeray to take a cruise in 1844, and to write about it, British shipping lines offered passage on their vessels for no other reason than leisure. By... -
Canadian Pacific Ships: The History of a Company and its Ships by Ian Collard
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $37.93In 1873 a company was formed to construct the first railway across Canada. It soon branched out into shipping, chartering ships from the Cunard Line for service between Vancouver, Yokohama, Shanghai... -
Pacific Steam Navigation Company: Fleet List & History by Ian Collard
RRP: $41.98Booksplease Price: $30.53Founded in 1838 in Liverpool, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company was the first to operate steamships in the Pacific and primarily traded from the UK to the Pacific coasts of South America. Its most... -
Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company by Ian Collard 9780752489636
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $28.67Ellerman Lines was formed by John Reeves Ellerman at the end of the nineteenth century. Ellerman left home at age 14, and at 24 he established J. Ellerman & Co. in London; by 1893, he had been...