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Tankers and Bulk Carriers: Books - History and Shipping Lines

Name: Looking Back at Bulk Carriers
Author: Andrew Wiltshire
ISBN: 9781902953588

A book about tankers or bulk carriers? Here you will find books about the history, shipping companies and construction of ships for bulk, oil and gas transport.

Looking Back at Bulk Carriers

A significant development occurred in 1925 when Swedish owners took delivery of a pair of purpose-built ore carriers. The 1950s witnessed the continued development of the bulk carrier, with larger ships being constructed, often for specific trades such as the carriage of iron ore. The ten years between 1962 and 1972 saw bulk trade expand dramatically. Nowadays the bulk carrier continues to play a vital role worldwide.

Written by Andrew Wiltshire, this book contains 106 colour images of bulk carriers including specialised vessels for the carriage of ore, cement, coal and self-discharge in addition to the many different types of conventional bulkers and ore/oil vessels.

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Author:	Andrew Wiltshire
Details:	80 pages, 20 x 24.5 x 1.2 cm / 7.9 x 9.7 x 0.47 in, hardback
Illustrations:	106 colour photos
Publisher:	Bernard McCall (GB, 2012)
ISBN:	9781902953588

Looking Back at Bulk Carriers

Language: English

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Méthaniers & gaziers - la haute technologie en mer

The history of gas transport by sea, although recent, is incredibly rich. It began after the war thanks to a few pioneers, who were at once outstanding technicians, adventurers, and slightly crazy businessmen.
These exceptional men and women founded empires. The ships followed one another from 1955 to 1980, each one a prototype and becoming the leader in its category. Each time it was put into service, the engineers experienced world firsts.
The transport of gas, as you might have guessed, is no small matter, but a series of bets, each one riskier than the last, but always successful. The crews of these gas carriers, forming a separate band, explored the world, delivering gas to be bottled everywhere. The sector reached its technological peak with the commissioning of large LNG carriers, a specialty of French shipyards, at the end of the 1910s. LNG carriers remain the most delicate and expensive vessels to build.

"Méthaniers & gaziers" tells a maritime saga like few others, where human genius, money, luck, the highest technology and passion are combined. All this with a single goal; to transport all gases, across all oceans, in complete safety. It is a secret, exhilarating, adventurous world, with solid friendships, that this book invites you to discover.

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Author:	Jérôme Billard
Details:	192 pages, 31 x 23.5 cm / 12.2 x 9.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	100 b&w and 200 colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2004)
ISBN:	9782726893746

Méthaniers & gaziers - la haute technologie en mer

Language: French

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Frachter, Tanker, Bulker: Arbeitspferde der Meere

The wide world of merchant shipping summarized in one book: From Helsinki to Malta, from Istanbul to Las Palmas, from Vancouver to Singapore, the reader looks at the interfaces of international trade and, by reading this work, gains extensive knowledge about current shipping, global shipbuilding, and large and small ports.

Well-founded specialist texts describe the current state of development of the maritime economy, explain the technology and the different uses of various types of ships, from container freighters to car transporters, ferries, bulk carriers and tankers. The activities of shipping companies and the work in the shipyards in Europe and overseas are examined.
In this way, the book author and magazine editor Ralf Witthohn paints a unique, up-to-date, meaningful and critical picture of international shipping in the 21st century.

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Author:	Ralf Witthohn
Details:	208 pages, 21.5 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm / 8.5 x 9.7 x 0.98 in, hardback
Illustrations:	profusely illustrated
Publisher:	Hinstorff Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783356022032