Shipping Industries

The Black Country has more miles of canal than Venice. During the industrial revolution this transport system developed to serve the steel, coal, l...

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, known in colonial Burma as the ''Fabulous Flotilla'', was the largest privately-owned fleet of ships in the world. ...

Many people are familiar with the term dazzle design, but what of its origins and objectives as a defensive practice at sea? And was it the only ap...

NAVIGATING AND ENGINEERING OFFICERS REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY FOR VERY LARGE CRUDE OIL CARRIER. TANKER EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. - Lloyds List and Shipping ...

On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities-iron ore, coal, oil-arrive in its port...

An interesting and insightful book exploring the authors efforts to follow in his fathers footsteps and succeed in the tumultuous fishing industry....

Freighters of the 1950s and 60s with masts, booms and hatches were the last of their generation. It was the end of an era, just before the massiv...

Cunards first ship, Britannia, set sail across the Atlantic on 4 July 1840, inaugurating a service that has endured for 175 years. Cunards success ...

Since 1840, Cunard ships have been transiting the North Atlantic with speed, grace and elegance. These great ships helped to populate nations, serv...

In its heyday Spalding was a busy commercial port, with a shipping industry that affected a large majority of the local population. But today that ...

A History of the Liverpool Waterfront 1850-1890: The Struggle for Organisation is a detailed and comprehensive picture of the port of Liverpool in ...

From 1875 to the present day, the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Incorporated Shipowners' Association has been the representative body for shipowners ...

One of the greatest treasures in the archives of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum is the Hansen Collection, consisting of over 4500 negativ...

In this engaging book, Dr. Solly examines the history of crude oil tankers from early days when this vital commodity was carried aboard ordinary sa...

The U.S. economy is dependent on a secure global supply chain. In fiscal year 2013, approximately 12 million maritime cargo shipments arrived in th...

Queen Elizabeth: A Photographic Journey allows the reader to travel aboard Cunard's newest ship, the second largest ship to carry the Cunard colors...

Published since 1951, Lloyd''s Maritime Atlas is the oldest and most respected atlas in the shipping industry. A comprehensive reference for locati...

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle th...

Port Management looks at the numerous types of business interactions that occur at active ports. These include cooperating with other ports, coordi...

''Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970'' is a glorious reference of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the At...

This enjoyable new book delves into unexplored areas of history surrounding the great network of the West Midland Canals. It provides a new insight...

''Inspiring leadership lessons from the sea,'' Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray Jr, USN (ret), author of Saltwater LeadershipAlthough merchant ships car...

A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind's relationship with the sea.An accompli...

Founded in 1825 by the 21-year-old George Thompson Jnr, the Aberdeen Line developed over 100 years into one of the best-respected shipping lines in...

This book offers a comprehensive history of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping Company (C. O. S.) from its beginning in the late 1940s until the fall ...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The shipping container is all around: ...

From the Spanish galleons of the 16th century to the cruise ships and crude oil tankers of the 21st, maritime industries have been central to Ameri...

The Union-Castle Lines heritage spans over a century. It provided the mail service to South Africa for 120 years and established an unrivalled repu...

Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a work...

The Caledonian Steam Packet Co. was founded in 1889 by the Caledonian Railway and in 2014 is 125 years old. It originally sailed from Gourock but c...