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This extensively updated third edition of the classic casebook
Marine and Coastal Law provides readers with an authoritative,
comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to landmark laws, regulations,
and legal decisions governing the United States' vast marine and
coastal resources. This thoroughly revised and updated third
edition of the prestigious Marine and Coastal Law casebook provides
an essential overview of landmark legal decisions and statutory
provisions in U.S. marine and coastal law, with a particular
emphasis on regulatory changes and legal conflicts involving
climate change, coastal resilience/protection, and sea level rise.
In addition to a thorough updating of the contents of the second
edition (including editorial commentary on every case), this new
revised edition features extensive new content, including two
entirely new chapters and new "learning objectives" for each
chapter. Produced by five experts in U.S. marine law, this third
edition stands as an accessible and invaluable resource for both
lay readers and legal professionals who are seeking greater
understanding of the ever-evolving and frequently contentious laws
and regulations governing U.S. and international fisheries,
maritime shipping and transport, offshore oil and mineral
resources, climate change mitigation strategies, coastal
protection, marine pollution, and port and harbor operations. Clear
and incisive editorial commentary on every case from recognized
experts in the field of marine law Coverage for two centuries of
changes to maritime and coastal law in the U.S., from the 1800s to
2020 Extensive discussion and explanation of legal doctrines,
concepts, and principles that provide the foundation for U.S.
maritime law "Learning Objectives" for each chapter to aid
understanding of each case
Published in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of
the "Titanic"'s sinking, this book tells the story of that fateful
night from an unusual angle: through the many wireless
communications sent to and from the land stations and the ships
involved as the tragic events unfolded.Drawing on the extensive
record of wireless transmissions in the Marconi Archives, "Titanic
Calling" recounts this legendary story the way it was first heard,
beginning with repeated warnings--just hours before the
collision--of several large icebergs unusually far south and
alarmingly close to the "Titanic"'s course. The story follows
senior operator Jack Phillips as he sends distress messages to
nearby ships and shows how these urgent calls for help were
received and rapidly relayed across the Atlantic in a desperate
attempt to save the lives of the "Titanic"'s passengers and crew.
Finally, the distant SS "Virginian" receives the "Titanic"'s final,
broken message. The story concludes with the rescue of the
fortunate survivors, who radio messages to loved ones from aboard
the RMS "Carpathia "while safely on their way to New York.
Illustrated throughout with photographs of the messages and
including full transcripts of original material, the book also
features an introduction to the development of maritime wireless
communications and a discussion of the Marconi Archives's "Titanic
"collection. The forced brevity of the messages lends the narrative
a startling sense of immediacy and brings to life to the voices of
the individuals involved.
Originally published in 1930, this is a wonderfully detailed look
at the history of the Sailing Ship in the nineteenth century.
Packed with photos and anecdotes, every major ship and Captain of
the day is examined in depth. Many of the earliest books,
particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents
Include: Types of Ships - The East Indiamen - American Superiority
and Atlantic Packets - Navigation Laws, Utility Ships - Opium and
Tea Clippers - Rushes To Californian and Australian Gold Fields,
Some Fast Passages - Wool, Wheat and Emigrant Ships - Roaring
Forties, Icebergs, Slow and Fast Passages, Etc - Disasters,
Rescues, Etc - Life On A Sailing Ship
Nautical almanac data for the sun and selected stars valid until
2050, plus easy to use, concise sight reduction and altitude
correction tables. Plus work forms to make the process even easier.
A concise one-book solution for celestial navigation. It takes a
few extra steps to get GHA and dec with the Long Term Almanac,
since it does it without the usual 10 pounds of reference books,
but with practice it takes just a few minutes longer than normal
almanac look up.
All the information you need for:
Finding your position from timed sextant sights
Checking your compass by celestial bearings
Computing great circle routes to your destination
Combining a ship finance textbook with a jet setting geopolitical
romp, Viking Raid picks up where The Shipping Man left off - on a
journey into the famously private world of international shipping
tycoons and their financiers. At the conclusion of The Shipping
Man, Robert Fairchild is sipping rose on the Cote d'Azur with Coco
Jacobsen and toasting to the success of their $300 million junk
bond offering; six months later the CEO is in the 120-degree engine
room of a supertanker discharging two million barrels of Saudi
crude oil - afraid for his job and afraid for his life. Fortunes
change quickly in the volatile world of international oil shipping
and Fairchild knows that unless he can find another $500 million
soon his powerful Norwegian tanker tycoon boss will have little use
for him. When Robert convinces Coco to attempt an Initial Public
Offering of Viking Tankers on Wall Street, the desperate American
thinks his problems may have been solved - but the former hedge
fund manager couldn't be more wrong. Instead, Fairchild finds
himself stuck between an American shale gas wildcatter and The
Peoples' Republic of China in their competition for clean energy.
Combining swashbuckling shipping adventure with corporate finance
derring-do, Viking Raid puts Fairchild back at the table in the
highest-stakes casino in the world - with more than just his deal
at risk.
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RMS Queen Mary
(Hardcover)
Suzanne Tarbell Cooper, Frank Cooper, Athene Mihalakis Kovacic
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R781
R686
Discovery Miles 6 860
Save R95 (12%)
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The history of the development of the unique vessels built for the
New England fishing industry from colonial days to the first third
of the twentieth century is here recounted by the leading authority
on the subject. Mr. Chapelle gathered material from numerous
sources over many years for this book, bringing together a vast
amount of important information on the beautiful American fishing
schooners, now extinct, built at Essex and other shipbuilding areas
of New England. This book traces the evolution of the American
fishing schooner from the eighteenth century to the last working
and racing schooners of the mid-1930s. The designers, builders, and
crews are also discussed. There are 137 plans of schooners which
graphically show the development of the type. An important feature
of the book is its illustrated glossary-appendix based on Mr.
Chapelle's notebooks. It covers scores of items of hull
construction and equipment, rigging and gear, color and carving,
and includes notes by the builders and riggers themselves, in fact,
everything that could be recorded about these crafts, then
fast-disappearing.
Fully illustrated in a striking landscape format, Ships contains
300 mercantile and military vessels arranged in chronological
order, from ancient times to the present day. Every type of vessel
from every part of the world is featured, from Phoenician war
galleys from 1500BC, through the graceful trading clippers of the
nineteenth century, to the sophisticated and heavily armed
submarines of the nuclear era. In these information-packed pages
you will find out about ancient galleys, Viking longships, medieval
cogs, galleasses, galleons, men-of-war sailing ships, coastal
gunboats, iron-clad steam boats, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers
and nuclear submarines. Many well-known ships are included, such as
Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, the ill-fated passenger liner
Titanic, the infamous German World War II battlecruiser Bismarck
and many, many more. Each ship is illustrated with a colourful
artwork, while lively text offers a concise service history of the
ship and a specification box provides comprehensive technical data,
including displacement, dimensions, machinery, armament, speed and
complement.
This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of
the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks
that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the
last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and
shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic
significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the
shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories,
documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions
within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as
shipwreck saviours and salvors.
In 1873 a company was formed to construct the first railway across
Canada. It soon branched out into shipping, chartering ships from
the Cunard Line for service between Vancouver, Yokohama, Shanghai
and Hong Kong. In 1889 Canadian Pacific would be awarded the mail
contract for the service across the Pacific and, by 1903, they
would purchase Elder Dempster & Company and begin sailing from
Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal. They obtained control of the
Atlantic, rail and Pacific routes, and later interest in the
Canadian-Australasian Line, becoming 'the world's greatest
transportation system', bridging two oceans and linking four
continents. Canada's largest operator of Atlantic and Pacific
steamships until after the Second World War, CP Ships boasted such
names as Empress of Britain, Empress of Ireland and Empress of
Canada. This new history of the shipping side of Canadian Pacific
includes a wealth of illustrations and a detailed fleet list that
will enthral maritime enthusiasts.
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Port Jefferson
(Hardcover)
Robert Maggio, Port Jefferson Free Library and Port Jef, Port Jefferson Free Library
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R674
Discovery Miles 6 740
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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In 1682, Charles II invited his scandalous younger brother, James,
Duke of York, to return from exile and take his rightful place as
heir to the throne. To celebrate, the future king set sail in a
fleet of eight ships destined for Edinburgh, where he would reunite
with his young pregnant wife. Yet disaster struck en route,
somewhere off the Norfolk coast. The royal frigate in which he
sailed, the Gloucester, sank, causing some two hundred sailors and
courtiers to perish. The diarist Samuel Pepys had been asked to
sail with James but refused the invitation, preferring to travel in
one of the other ships. Why? What did he know that others did not?
Nigel Pickford's compelling account of the catastrophe draws on a
richness of historical material including letters, diaries and
ships' logs, revealing for the first time the full drama and tragic
consequences of a shipwreck that shook Restoration Britain.
Arrested Development takes a hard look at the state of Nigeria's
shipping sector and concludes that the sector has failed to live up
to expectation. Inconsistent government policies, mediocrity, poor
planning, and a general lack of understanding of the role of
shipping in national development have all contributed to the sorry
state of the shipping sector. The author traced the history of
Nigeria's shipping sector from the precolonial era to the present
time and concludes that a lot more needs to be done if meaningful
development of the sector is to be attained.
Dr Thomas Harrison Butler was a skilled, yet amateur, designer
responsible for some hundreds of classic English cruising yachts
which still grace our seas. Cruising Yachts, his design manifesto,
first appeared in 1945-the year of his death-and last appeared in
print in 1995. This long overdue Fifth Edition has been produced in
collaboration with the Harrison Butler Association, and is a
complete re-setting of the original text, drawings and mono
photographs, documenting in detail HB's approach to the design and
equipping of a yacht, providing an annotated catalogue of notable
designs, and including a biographical portrait by HB's daughter,
the late Joan Jardine-Brown. New for this edition are a modern
gallery of colour photographs of HB yachts, and a thoughtful and
illuminating Foreword by Ed Burnett, one of today's foremost
designers of yachts in the classic English idiom.
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