Cargo Work: For Maritime Operations

by D.J. House

Overview

An essential reference written for the marine industry and seafarers around the world, Cargo Work has been fully revised and expanded to cover the key classes of cargo, regarding the handling, stowage and carriage of all major commodities by marine transports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032331843
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2024
Edition description:	9th ed.
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

D.J. House has now written and published 19 marine titles, many of which are in multiple editions. After commencing his seagoing career in 1962, he was initially engaged on general cargo vessels. He later experienced worldwide trade with cargo passenger, container, Ro-Ro, reefer ships and bulk cargoes. He left the sea in 1978 with a Master Mariner's qualification and commenced teaching at the Fleetwood Nautical College. He retired in 2012 after 33 years of teaching in nautical education. He continues to write and research maritime aspects for future works.

Table of Contents

1 General Principles of the handling, stowage and Carriage of Cargoes 2 Hatchwork and General Cargoes 3 Stowage Properties of Cargoes 4 Heavy Lifting and Project Cargoes 5 Bulk Cargoes 6 Tanker Cargoes 7 Specialist Cargoes: Timber refrigerated and Livestock Cargoes 8 Roll On, Roll Off Operations 9 Containers and Containerisation 10 Special Cargoes, Hazardous Goods and Deck Cargoes 11 Security and Cargo Documentation 12 Passenger Vessels 13 Offshore Trades Appendices I Miscellaneous Cargo Information Appendices II Self Examiner –Questions and Recommended Answers Appendices III Codes and Conventions Affecting Cargo Work Operations

Editorial Reviews

"An indispensable source of information"
MARITIME JOURNAL

'Previously published as 'Kemp & Young's Cargo Work', this new edition has been fully revised and expanded to reflect unit load systems while retaining the necessary detail on transporting key classes of cargoes safely, efficiently and profitably...
Cargo Work will be a useful reference for students and serving ships' crew, further enhanced by the inclusion of self assessment exercises.' - Maritime Journal, July 2005

"Encompasses all the latest aspects of cargo handling, whilst retaining information on what used to be known as "conventional" or break bulk methods."
- The Nautical Magazine, October 2005

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