8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for 53 -year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. It was the first time an American cargo ship had been hijacked in over 200 years. What the pirates didn't expect was that the crew would fight back, nor did they expect Capt...
Marine Insurance Clauses (Maritime and Transport Law Library)
by Tim Madge
This edition of Marine Insurance Clauses has been updated to reflect the introduction in 2002/3 of a new policy form of the International Hull Clauses. It examines and analyses these clauses, comparing them with the forms previously published but still in existence, including the American Institute Hull Clauses of 1977. This edition also re-examines a full portfolio of the other important clauses available for the insurance of cargoes, containers, freight and other interests against marine risks...
Die Reform Und Vereinheitlichung Des Seerechts Durch Rückkehr Zum Allgemeinen Frachtrecht
by Carl Gutschow
Capt. Max Hardberger uses every trick, tool and tactic at his disposal to right wrongs and out-pirate pirates in this action-packed expose of the seedy underworld of international shipping. As a professional ship extractor, he risks death and imprisonment in dangerous third-world ports to steal ships from modern buccaneers and corrupt governments and deliver them back to their rightful owners. In the course of his adventures, he's had to outwit resourceful crime families, subdue armed soldiers,...
Management, Finance and Industrial Relations in Maritime Industries (Research in Maritime History, #6)
Lloyd's Maritime Atlas of World Ports and Shipping Places 2020-2021
Published since 1951, Lloyd's Maritime Atlas is the oldest and most respected atlas in the shipping industry. A comprehensive reference for locating the world's busiest ports and shipping places, this new edition has been fully updated and enhanced with brand new maps and features to alleviate the demands on today's busy shipping professional. In the 2020-2021 edition: Fully up-to-date with the latest port names and locations World map indicating where MARPOL, SECA and PSSA regulations are in...
British Shipping and World Competition (Research in Maritime History, #42)
by S.G. Sturmey
The Trade Makers (Research in Maritime History, #19)
by Peter N. Davies
Guide to the Records of Merseyside Maritime Museum, Volume 1 (Research in Maritime History, #8)
This book explores the growing interests of China in the Arctic and examines the nature of its interests and motivations in maintaining its involvement and presence in the region. The new geopolitical landscape of the Arctic today is a significant departure from the great power politics that existed in the region during the Cold War era. Apart from traditional Arctic states, more and more international organizations and non-Arctic states are showing an increased interest in this region, not lea...
Harbor Of Lost Ships; Garafelia's Husband; Scales And The Sword; The Four-Flushers
Port Management and Operations (Lloyd's Practical Shipping Guides)
by Giuseppe Saieva
Port Management and Operations your essential guide to port management in the twenty-first century. * Provides the reader with a complete understanding of total port activity * Enables managers working in specific areas of ports to see where they fit into the port's operation and commercial practice as a whole * Offers an analysis of the many types of ports along with the common essential elements that enable them to function, including administration, management, economics and operations
Coastal Security - Maritime Dimensions of India's Homeland Security
by Prof K Singh
The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy (New Historical Perspectives)
by Stephen Mullen
Disruptive Technologies, Climate Change and Shipping (Maritime and Transport Law Library)
This book analyses the impact of two vital and contemporary developments on shipping law and practice: disruptive technologies and climate change. It considers the impact of these new technologies, honing in on likely emerging issues and unresolved questions, especially about existing and potential private law liabilities and concentrates, from the point of view of English, EU and international law, on the legal implications of climate change and associated environmental risks in the shipping s...