Cargo Work

This classic book in the Kemp and Young series has been fully revised and updated by David House, author of the well-known Butterworth-Heinemann title, Seamanship Techniques, and will prove indispensable to the student reader. This book is concerned with how cargoes are carried in the vessel and how to transport these various different types of cargo safely. The contents cover, in numerous fully illustrated items, Bulk cargoes, General cargoes, refrigerated cargoes, tanker cargoes, deck cargoes and cargoes requiring special care. Essential updates added by David House include the more modern container work, Roll-On, Roll-Off ferries, together with an additional chapter on modernised cargo handling practices.