Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics - Softcover

Alderton, Patrick M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713669446 ISBN 13: 9780713669442

Publisher: Reeds, 2004

Synopsis

This book gives a complete picture of the Maritime Ttransport Industry so that those involved in shipping can see their own specific field of interest in perspective and understand how the basic mode of transportaion works. This 5th edition contains new data and statistics, new advice on safetly, a review of ship types including the latest designs of Ro-Fo Ferries and bulk carriers, and a new chapter on marine finance, all of which make essential reading for professionals as well as students on courses concerned with the Shipping Ports and Transport Industry.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Alderton qualified as an Extra Master after serving on most of the major types of ships and then became a lecturer on the commercial transport courses at the London Guildhall University in the 1970s.

Review:

"It is a book that should be owned and read by everyone who makes his or her living from the shipping industry."—Ships and Ports

"A very useful background bible to anyone involved in shipping anywhere."—Asia Pacific Shipping

About this edition

• Publisher: Reeds
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0713669446
• ISBN 13: 9780713669442
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 336