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This title begins with colonization and is broken down by time periods - just after the American Revolution, the early growth from 1789-1800, and moves on to chapters devoted to the periods 1801-1815, 1816-1830, 1831-1845, 1846-1860, 1861-1875, 1876-1890, and 1891-1901. The chapters devoted to time periods are interspersed with those covering specific topics that warrant special attention like the Great Lake fleet, shipping on the coasts, deep-sea fishing, whaling, and the advent of steam.

The various chapters/sections cover different countries and time periods. There is a focus on presenting the strategy and organization for each. Includes: Japan in the 19th and 20th century; Britain and its place in world trade covering 1820-1939; the United States Merchant Marine 1800-1939; Japanese maritime policy 1868-1937; the Danish shipping industry from 1866-1939; German shipping in the 19th century private enterprise (ownership and finance) from 1825-1940; shipbuilding finance of the Shasen shipping firms in the 1920's and 1930's; and commercial diplomacy in the far east from 1896 to 1956.

Chapters include: The significance of maritime transportation; Regulatory involvement in maritime transportation; Maritime security; Tramp shipping; Chartering; Liner shipping and the conference system; Passenger vessel operations; Industrial and special carriers; Tanker management, operations, and chartering; Vessel management companies; Vessel bunkering; Ship husbandry - procurement of vessel stores, supplies, and services; The logic of ship scheduling; Terminal management and operations; The Stevedore contract; Containerization and its effect on transportation; The intermodal transportation concept; How freight rates are made; The ocean bill of lading; The traffic study; and Planning for a new ship.

Each chapter covers a decade beginning in 1830 and ending in 1929.

The mission of the American Bureau of Shipping is to serve the public interest as well as the needs of our clients by promoting the security of life, property and the natural environment primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities. This is an archive of the website beginning in 2002; some content may be under embargo.

This title covers sea transport industries contributions to the internalization of the world economy. Chapters are written by individual contributors and cover countries - International freight markets in the 1830s and 1840s : the experience of a major Finnish shipowner; First (and very secret) international steamship cartel, 1850-; Competition or co-operation in the global shipping industry : the origins and impact of the conference system for British shipowners before 1914; National alliances and global webs : the internationalization of Japanese shipping; Dutch sea transport in transition : the German hinterland as catalyst, 1850; Expansion of American interests in transatlantic commerce and trade, 1865-1893; Expansion of Japan's shipping interests before the Sino-Japanese war; Cooperation and reorganization on the north-south routes from Japan in the interwar period; Global communications industry and its impact on international shipping before 1914; Nineteenth-century roots of globalization : some technological considerations; Global fish market : internationalization and globalization, 1880-1997; Convergence or national styles? : the Japanese challenge to the British-Norwegian hegemony in the twentieth-century whaling industry; International trends and Greek shipping : the business strategy of Demetrios Moraitis; Organizational and managerial patterns of Greek-owned shipping enterprises and the internationalization process from the interwar period to 1990; Internationalization and the collapse of British ship-building; Globalization and international competitiveness : the experience of the Japanese shipping industry since the 1960s; and Containerization and the globalization of liner shipping.

The title is broken into several sections: Shipping economics and maritime nexus -- International seaborne trade -- Economics of shipping markets and shipping cycles -- Economics of shipping sectors -- Issues in liner shipping -- Pollution and vessel safety -- National and international shipping policies -- Aspects of shipping management and operations -- Shipping investment, finance, and strategy -- Port economics and management -- Aspects of international logistics. Each section has multiple chapters in each including "Maritime business during the 20th century continuity and change" and "Patterns of ocean trade."

This title is a presentation of information on people, events, politics, social issues, institutions, and policies revolving around the maritime industry in the United States presented in an A-Z dictionary format. It includes a helpful chronology, dictionary, and bibliography. There are several appendixes including: significant Congressional legislation, maritime labor unions, top ports (2009), and U.S./world fleets since 1914.

This title presents the people, organizations, companies, terms, etc. in an A-Z dictionary format. There is a general index as well as several appendixes including: a chronology of events, diagrams of government agencies (circa publication), and principal maritime labor unions and business groups.

This is a history of American sailing ships public and private and is geared to the engineering of the ships. There are many plates of individual ships as well as drawings of ship types that would be useful for those trying to understand ship construction and design. Chapters include: Colonial Period; Naval Craft; Privateers and Slavers; Revenue Cutter; the American Schooner; Merchant Craft; and Sailing Yachts. There is a specifications and notes appendix.

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This is a long, detailed history of merchant shipping in four volumes.
Volume 1 covers antiquity and looks at the Greece, Roman Empire, Egypt, India, Britain, Scandinavia, and Europe through part of the 15th century.
Volume 2 begins in the 15th century with European efforts at exploration in the Americas and beyond and continues into the early part of the 18th century and American efforts concluding around 1810.
Volume 3 begins in the second and third decade of the 19th century with a focus on America with a chapter covering Russia, Scandinavia, Prussia. There are several chapters devoted to activities and development in the English maritime industry.
Volume 4 starts with a chapter on early types of propulsion, but with the goal to present steam as the newest method. Several chapters cover steam navigation in Great Britain and the United States but also include individual chapters devoted to particular shipping lines like the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Special attention is paid to the routes related to India and the Suez Canal.

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Much of this title involves the legislative/legal developments that underpin shipping in Great Britain. They do seem to be doing it with an eye to understanding the traditions that were inherited in the United States. It covers 1066-1776 and most chapters are presented by who was king or queen at the time with the last chapter being the growth of English shipping policy. There are several appendixes including: the development of navigation laws, foreign commerce, the growth of English shipping, Sir Walter Raleigh, the "subversive" American colonies, and the British view of why they lost the colonies.

This title covers the history of Lloyd's, a publisher of many titles included in this guide. It is a useful history of the company as well as a picture of the rise of shipping as seen through the growth of a single publishing company.

This is a comprehensive history of shipping in what is now Great Britain going back to antiquity. Part one covers 3000 BC–1400 AD; part two 1400–1890; and part three 1890 –1988. There are individual chapters in each part covering topics like the Vikings, exploration and colonization, the rise of the slave trade, the birth of steam, World Wars I and II, etc. There is also an extensive bibliography.

The first two chapters are overviews of shipping covering the years 1560-1689 and 1689-1775. Chapters three and four are overviews of ships and shipbuilding in the 17th and then 18th century. Other chapters include shipowners, seaman, pay/condition, management, shipping and trade, East India trade, the American and West Indian trade, government involvement, war and the industry, etc. The appendix includes sources for the history of the shipping industry.

This is in the nature of a coffee table book produced by the Smithsonian. It is a good historical overview and includes many images to assist readers. Each chapter is broken down into eras: antiquity, medieval times, exploration, era of sail, the era of steam, world wars, and the later 20th century.

The author intended this title to be a broad one volume picture of the shipping industry and it contribution to human progress. It is a broad outline of the story of shipping as a business looking at how it operated at different periods of time beginning in antiquity and moving through history covering the traders of the Mediterranean, northern Europe, the Indies, England, the Dutch, colonization, the rise of steam ships including liners. The last two chapters were more about modern shipping and the current situation as of 1933.

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This was originally published in 1925 and can provide a good overview of the history and operations of steamboats.

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Chapters cover individual individuals and subjects. This title is a follow-up to the Voyages, the Age of Sail.

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Chapters cover individual individuals and subjects. This related to the Voyages, the Age of Engines.

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The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers oceanic shipping and domestic shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. Description from publisher