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A History of British Tramp Shipping, 1870-1914 (Volume 1)
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Gordon H. Boyce
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-03-25 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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Celebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels tr
A History of British Tramp Shipping, 1870-1914 (Volume 1)
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Gordon H. Boyce
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-03-25 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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Celebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels tr
British Tramp Shipping, 1750-1914
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Robin Craig
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-18 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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This study explores the history of tramp-shipping in the United Kingdom, between 1750 and 1914. It defines ‘tramp’ as steamships exclusively hulled with iro
The Evolution and Significance of the Powered Bulk Carrier
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Roy Fenton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-03 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world’s trades and economies. T
Tramp Ships
Language: en
Pages: 177
Authors: Roy Fenton
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-13 - Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

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The tramp ship was the taxi of the seas. With no regular schedules, it voyaged anywhere and everywhere, picking up and dropping off cargoes, mainly bulk cargoes