This classic book in the Kemp and Young series has been fully revised and updated by David House, author of the well-known Butterworth-Heinemann title, Seamanship Techniques, and will prove indispensable to the student reader. This book is concerned with how cargoes are carried in the vessel and how to transport these various different types of cargo safely. The contents cover, in numerous fully illustrated items, Bulk cargoes, General cargoes, refrigerated cargoes, tanker cargoes, deck cargoes and cargoes requiring special care. Essential updates added by David House include the more modern container work, Roll-On, Roll-Off ferries, together with an additional chapter on modernised cargo handling practices.
- ISBN10 0750639881
- ISBN13 9780750639880
- Publish Date 19 May 1998 (first published 31 December 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
- Edition 6th Revised edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 144
- Language English