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The book presents principal particulars and a profile drawing of 208 standard designs offered by 30 shipbuilding organisations in various parts of the world at the time of publication. The parameters decided on for the coverage of this edition were that it should cover general cargo vessels ('tweendeckers'), container ships, roll-on/roll-off vessels and small bulk carriers (under 12,000 d.w.t.). Certain dual-purpose ships such as container/bulk carriers are also included.

This brief study of the car carrier market is intended to give a clear insight into the volume of ordering and operation of pure car carriers. This guide covers pure car carriers, their charterers and operators, tabular data on the growth of the pure car carrier fleet, bulk and vehicle car carriers with known and unknown car capacity, miscellaneous vessels with known car capacity and addresses of the managing owners of pure car carriers.

This book describes how finance for the acquisition of a ship is raised. The factors which affect the manner in which finance can be obtained, and the proper procedures for banks involved in the financing are treated in detail. But this is more than a book for shipping bankers. It is a book for shipowners and governments, particularly those in developing countries. The book seeks to close the communications gaps between shipowner and ship financier and shipowners in developing countries and international financial institutions. The advices in this book shall make it easier for shipowners to get the money they need, and make it less likely that the bank who lends it will lose theirs.

This book has three main objectives. Firstly, to try and bring home to the ship’s officer the fact that, as he is unlikely to stat at sea for the whole of this working life, he ought to think right from the start about a subsequent career. Secondly, the book provides practical advice about the often traumatic business of preparing for a further career ashore, the problems of finding another job and some of the trials and tribulations of settling down in the harsh world away from the ship. Lastly, the book tried to encourage people to look first at the vast range of activities that might be grouped together as “the marine industry” in the hope that they will look at this area first to profitably use the experience they have gained afloat. Contents include: Looking ahead-planning a future ashore; Looking around-making the move ashore; Life is different ashore; Ashore in stages; Ashore in the shipping company; The port industry; The world of commerce; Insurance and the law; Safety and technical; Nautical education; Maritime miscellany.

This book traces the continuing development of one of the most important specialised subsidiaries of the tanker sector. It is itself a multiplicity of sub-specialisation from the large and sophisticated liquid liners of the parcel trades, down to small vessels distributing a restricted number of products on short sea routes. The book has been divided into six separate parts. The first, central to any understanding of both the markets and the ships that serve them considers the broad groups of chemicals that are carried by sea, their origins and uses, and some indication of probable development. The second part introduces the reader to the technical constraints of chemical cargoes, the methods of assessing the hazards, and the problems of product purity and reactivity that govern the safe and efficient carriage of any cargo. Part 3 discusses ship design, including important and changing rules such as MARPOL requirements, different building materials and different designs. Part 4 describes ship operations, Part 5 traces the development of chemical/parcel tanker fleets, and Part 6 contains useful appendices, for example on the uses of chemicals.

Fourth biennial Conf held in London October 1963 Papers are Research in steamship operations Research into the mechanised handling of general cargo Direct shipment and discharge of cargo as compared with handling through transit sheds Some aspects of immediate delivery on free loading berths Present position of and future developments in heavy cargo handling and hoisting equipment Operational research studies of port operation The effect on productivity of design of ports and port facilities Cargo standards Experience in longshore research The economics of supply Mechanical handling of fruit for export from the Republic of South Africa Basis for professional training in port work Introduction of specialised tonnage to Melbourne/Northern Tasmanian service Long distance lorry terminals Problems associated with port cargo handling

This book assesses the small-ship fleets of the countries fringing the Baltic, the North Sea and the Atlantic coast of Europe, and reviews the ownership structure, recent and current design developments and the changing composition of those fleets. It includes an examination of the principal dry cargo commodities moved in small loads in international European trade, and identified commercial trends and industry's requirements. In looking at the relative competitiveness of the various fleets, national regulations concerning levels of manning and certification and operating limits are reviewed. The volume incorporates a comprehensive and unique register of small ships, mainly of vessels of up to 6,000 dwt, but also including larger bulkers regularly employed on short haul traffic.

This book examines technical, commercial and legal ramifications of the provision of marine bunkers. The book begins with an outline of the current problems affecting the quality of fuel, and the difficulty of contaminants. Legal problems over the customers’ right and the suppliers’ obligations are examined as are the various difficulties that arise between owner and charterer when bunker quality is alleged to affect performance. The book goes on to examine modern shipboard fuel systems, with these being described in terms that an operator who is not necessarily an engineer will be able to understand. The design of a new ship for fuel efficiency, the adaptation of existing machinery to give it many more years of useful life are both covered while the principles of fuel preparation, purification, centrifuging, homogenisation emulsification and blending are described. The baffling problem of BAFs (Bunker Adjustment Factors) and freight rates is explained clearly while the book goes on to describe the long and difficult development on a number of fronts of a specification for marine fuels. Costs of bunkers, the use of brokers to buy them and a thought-provoking checklist for operators is included.

The way stability works is the same for small or large vessels, whether fishing or trading. The book explains what stability is, why ships need it, and how to ensure that they have it. It is a handbook for operators of small vessels and a simple guide for those studying for certificates of competence for large vessels. Chapter 1 is an introduction, looking at seaworthiness and factors affecting stability and water-tightness. Chapters follow on: Buoyancy and floatation and load lines and draft marks, Weights, moments and list, Heel and the metacentre, Free surface and ballasting, Instability and equilibrium, Stability curves, Trim and motion, Damaged stability and bilging, Certificates and IMO recommendations.

This is a practical book designed to help ship operators and managers, both ashore and afloat, save money. It is written by an author who has extensive experience in optimising the operation of ships. The reduction of fuel consumption through on-board engineering practices, better voyage planning, sensible routeing and a more thorough understanding of meteorology are but part of the picture, and the author convincingly demonstrates the savings that can be made by, for instance, avoiding delays in port and careful balancing of costs with marketing requirements. Here are helpful hints that really do work in practice and which when extrapolated through a fleet, or a period of time, can make substantial savings. While the book concentrates on the practical aspects of vessel cost saving, the author does not neglect the whole philosophy of performance monitoring, the motivation of people to look constructively at better ways of doing their job and the importance of both ship and shore thinking as one, in the struggle for efficient ship operation.

A practical book for the professional mariner, written by a serving shipmaster, this volume analyses a large number of collisions that have occurred, some well-known and other less so, but each proving an important lesson. The accounts are filled with instances where basic principles and practices of seamen have been flouted or ignored, more often than not by seamen who ever knew, or should have known better, where careers were ruined and lives lost unnecessarily for the lack of thought or learning.

This report traces the development of the various types of gas carriers and examines those aspects which set them apart from other vessels, for example, the cargo containment system, insulation and tank materials. Cargo handling and the safety problems associated with the carriage of hazardous cargoes are also discussed.

After thirty years of expansion, the world oil industry seems to be facing fundamental change, with consumers apparently having adjusted their demands to permanently lower levels. This adds to the uncertainties of predicting freight rate cycles. This book, which updates a previous publication, covers technical, commercial and operational considerations of product tankers in a world of complete change. The legislative constraints imposed on tanker operators are considered, together with the effects upon changes in refinery location. This volume is supplemented by a complete register of product tankers, and details of the not inconsiderable number of ships still on order.

This book is part of a series which aims to provide helpful advice on the more practical aspects of ship operation and management. Contents: 1. Planning 2. Budgets 3. Accounting practices and procedures affecting ship managers 4. Arrangement – relationship of ship’s costs 5. Crew costs 6. Technical costs 7. Supplies costs 8. Insurance costs 9. Administration 10. Summary of costs departments 11. Control 12. Stock control 13. Purchasing , Quotations and Tenders 14. Economies and cutting back 15. The effects of ships’ management and operations on each other’s costs 16. Theories and practices

This book is about ship sale and purchase techniques and identifies elements and procedures which can be separately analysed under appropriate and logical headings. This book is written in the anticipation and hope that it will be of value to those engaged in sale and purchase, either casually or in a more profound manner. It intends to take the reader through the course of events involved in buying and selling ships, explaining each aspect and providing illustrations of some of the more prominent documents involved.

This book presents a current overview of the many manifestations of the ro-ro ship. It describes the various ship types and their employment, from the smallest ferry operations to the large deep sea ro-ros. It explains the design constraints and the opportunities presented by the versatility of those designing access equipment and systems for the rapid handling of cargo that is the principal justification for the ro-ro mode. Separately considered are hull, machinery, ro-ro conversions and safety of ship and cargo. Also covered is the design of port equipment and special requirements of terminals. There is also a section on strategic use of ro-ros following procurement of ro-ros for military purposes. Current service developments are described, and there is a comprehensive tabular section of vessels, owners, builders and craft on order.

The early chapters of this book cover the history of tonnage measurement and the build-up to the acceptance of the Convention while the latter chapters are devoted to the likely effects of this acceptance on tonnage users, particularly in light of the new ship types gaining an increasing share of the world’s merchant fleet. What attitude will the ports and canals adopt as regards dues charges during this transition period? What ship types are likely to be most favoured by the Convention, what ship types are on the way out? What about the favourability of replacing the tonnage parameters with alternative parameters for the purpose of ports’ charges and manning and safety requirements? The book considers these and other important questions. The preparation of the Convention was perhaps the most difficult step towards a working and viable universal tonnage measurement system; however, a series of equally-important steps lie ahead in implementing this system and they will depend on the co-ordinated efforts of all tonnage users.

The events of the shipping market during the 1980s have demonstrated both unpredictability and risk to an astonishing degree, despite the increase in shipping efficiency and financial sophistication. The purpose of this book is to discuss the management of marine commercial risk, comparing traditional period timechartering, contracts of affreightment against newbuildings and joint ventures with freight futures, a new method of commercial risk management. The freight futures markets, BIFFEX and INTEX offer banks shipowners, charterers, and operators cheap, flexible and ease-to-use tools for the management of commercial risk and the author explains how to employ them effectively. The book also foes on to explain how the industry can use the financial futures market to control both currency and interest rate risks.

A common bone of contention between charterers and shipowners is the question of whether the port or berth to which the vessel was ordered was a safe port or berth, within the meaning of the charterer; whether it was within the meaning of the charter, reachable on arrival, and whether at the time of the vessel’s arrival she was, within the meaning of the contract, an arrived ship. This book aims to provide guidelines necessary for the amicable settlement of any such similar disputes, so leading the way to a proper understanding of the problem of the safe port or berth reachable on arrival.