Transportation : Ships & Shipbuilding - General

For nearly a millennia Britannia has ruled the waves and over many centuries tales have been told of great sea heroes, from military commanders like Admiral ......

Long before popular television shows such as Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch, everyday men and women---the unsung heroes of the job world---toiled in impo......

The First Ever Guide for Optimizing Boat Systems This guide is invaluable for anyone designing or installing mechanical systems on a new boat, retrofittin......

A soup-to-nuts introduction to small, economical sailing craft Trailer sailers--the smallest, most economical sailboats with sleeping accommodations--are a ......

Shouldn’t your boat’s name look as distinctive as your boat? A well-chosen and well-designed name on a transom or topsides is the finishing to......

"Secrets' is the modern Bowditch, written so clearly that navigation and seamanship will be comprehensible to anyone . . ."-- Dave and Jaja Martin, circumn......

Realizing the century-old dream of a passage to India, the building of the Panama Canal was an engineering feat of colossal dimensions, a construction site f......

Students, professional trainees and marine engineers studying for their certificates of competency, as well as more experienced marine engineers on shore or ......

First published in 1919, this reprint helps you relive the glory days of sailing. Author: Desmond, Charles Publisher: Vestal Press Illustration: N Language:......

Unconventional Marine Carriers envisions a whole new marine transit system. Most people don't live near water, but hundreds of thousands of commuters must dr......

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO GEOCACHING is designed to provide a broad overview of the sport, tailored to the novice but also designed to educate the expert. It in......

We military people tend to be mesmerized by our machines. Thus, Canadian submariners have fretted for decades over the need to replace their three precious O......

Building upon the popularity of the first book in the Lessons from History series, this book presents lessons for IT project managers harvested from the proj......

Environmentalists want industrialized nations to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that warm the atmosphere. For more than twenty years, however, the......

During her history, the steamboat Kingston survived wrecks and fires, until finally being sunk near one of Kingston's ship graveyards in 1930. This book tell......

At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters. With dash, col......

The steamer Wexford charmed spectators as it carried cargo across the Great Lakes. The Wexford's fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be......

On May 29, 1914, the Empress of Ireland sank on the St. Lawrence River. The author delves into the lives of his grandparents, who went down with the ship. A......

SHIPPING CARRIES MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF WORLD TRADE. The world fleet of merchant ships and tankers provide the means of transport of every conceivable type ......

From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industry's efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels. Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believe......