Bulk carriers carry three billion tonnes of cargo every year and are indispensable to the world trade. Yet the enormous growth of the bulk carriers fleet has been accompanied by a frightening toll of ships lost. This book looks at the development of and the ships and companies involved in the most anonymous sector of the world of transport -- but perhaps the most essential.
ISBN: | 9780958253567 |
Publisher: | Wilson Scott Publishing |
Imprint: | Wilson Scott Publishing |
Published date: | 01 Jan 2005 |
Number of pages: | 192 |
Weight: | 1228g |
Height: | 301mm |
Width: | 220mm |
Spine width: | 21mm |