The original intention of the Thomas Cottier, the author of this book, was to try and undertake a thorough and detailed analysis of the evolution of equity in the today's international law of the sea. In his publication he focused on the most important aspects of the relationship of legal rules on delimitation and of equitable principles touching all relevant factors.

He explored the relationship of law and equity in different complex individual cases and in particular circumstances which couldn't be easily solved by any of the ready-made, fast and hard legal rules. The author has performed the assessment of the treaty law and the UNCLOS impact, depicting the process of trial-and-error in the law of International Court of Justice and expounding the fundamental principles and factors.

The main focus has been made by the author on equity covering its implications for the legal methodology, offering further practical guidance relating to the international economic law. Obviously, the publication will be of great professional interest to the persons involved in the subject processes regardless of the actual roles they have been assigned.

The last two years have seen big changes in U.S. environmental regulations and, likewise, big changes in the Environmental Law Handbook. The most important change to note is that the Environmental Law Handbook, previously published by Government Institutes for over thirty-five years and through twenty-one editions, is now published by Bernan Press, a leading publisher of government information, and the largest source for publications from U.S. government agencies and worldwide intergovernmental organizations.

As GI's flagship publication, the Environmental Law Handbook has consistently delivered a comprehensive and accessible source for the most accurate and up-to-date information on environmental laws in the United States. Each chapter is written by a recognized legal authority, and although the information represents the state of the art of the field, it is always presented in a straightforward and accessible way and in plain English, with as little legal jargon as possible. Even though the twenty-second edition of the Environmental Law Handbook is now published by Bernan, you can still rely on it to be your top source for information on the environmental legal and regulatory structure and its implications.

As always, you get leading experts in the field, all of whom are practicing lawyers, giving you up-to-date information and interpretations on the major environmental laws. Chapters likewise offer actionable advice for businesses regarding how to comply with new and updated federal regulations. As in previous editions, the twenty-second edition of the Environmental Law Handbook begins with a general introduction to environmental law and a chapter on how the laws are enforced before delving into individual environmental laws and issues.

Several chapters have been extensively updated, including the chapters on the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, climate change, pesticides, and the Comprehensive Environmental Resource, Compensation, and Liability Act.

This publication is presenting a thorough and comprehensive study for the determination of various environmental load factors applied to the jacket platforms operating in Malaysia and an effective methodology of determination of the service life extension of the platforms that are aging.

The author of the book explains some of the simplified methods that could actually be used to determine not only the structural reliability of the platforms but also cover the safety factors. The content of the volume is expected to present particular practical interest to the engineers engaged in the design and maintenance of the offshore and onshore structures.

The platforms commonly act as foundation for the overall structure used for the extraction of the hydrocarbons from the ocean shelf. They are considered effective for the intermediate and shallow waters though some of them are used for the greater depths exceeding half thousand meters, for instance Bullwinkle platform operating in the Mexican Gulf. The methodology of the structural design has changed from allowable stress to limit state design, and the applicable structural codes are in the process of being changed accordingly.

The present publication discusses the economic and environmental impacts of so many policy instruments that can be or already can be applied in order to address these impacts and reviews examples of the environmental aspects and also discusses the drivers of port activities.

It particularly draws on findings from case studies of five largest ports, namely Rotterdam, Busan, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Long Beach; it also provides more ad hoc information regarding other ports. The volume opens with some introductory info addressing the activity levels in sea ports and describing the most important environmental issues that are directly relating to the port activities.

The second chapter is providing several real life case studies while the third chapter is solely devoted to the exhaust emissions, such as the SOx, NOx, particulate matter, VOC, i.e. volatile organic compounds emissions and measures that are commonly taken to cope with the emissions; the fuel quality is also addressed within this chapter.

The rest of the chapters are dealing with the greenhouse gases, other environmental problems, feeder traffic, port state authority and other aspects considered important by the author.

The present training resource has been originally developed specifically for those who study English for working in the field of logistics. It consists of three files. The book itself covers eight main topics staring from the introduction to logistics, and then covering inventory management and procurement, logistics services, planning and arranging transport, modes of transport, shipping goods, warehousing, storage, finance and finally documentation.

There is a set of audio files included in this training pack to help users improve the pronunciation. The last third part titled "English for Logistics MultiROM", is containing numerous interactive exercises plus some other valuable data. The training material was compiled by Marion Grussendorf, Oxford Business English series. We would recommend to us it either as a standalone course of English or in conjunction with other course-books to get the best results. In fact, one of the best profession-specific English courses available.

A world popular award-winning publication by G. L. Huyett. The present handbook was prepared with the intention to provide complete coverage of technical topics, such as the steelmaking including characteristics of steels and alloys, chemical content and heat treatment of metals, ways of testing their hardness and other mechanical characteristics, detailed descriptions of various manufacturing processes, plating and coating, coloring of metals; the book even contains all required conversion charts.

From very basic descriptions of producing carbon steels and alloys to the established composition standards, carbon grades, identification factors, thermal modifications - the content of the volume covers literally everything you would need to know about metals as it was developed on the basis of extensive researches and huge technical experience of the Huyett staff.

The book contains valuable technical information including but of course not limited to the statistical data which is presented in the tables. There are many informative flowcharts depicting the process of steelmaking. An absolutely recommended title for all people engaged in steelmaking, workers of the steel mills and engineers using the steels.

This training presentation has been prepared to provide the trainees with a detailed guidance to operating AQ type Aalborg boilers in emergencies. It is intended to demonstrate the users the correct sequence of actions to be followed.

In short, following should be carried out: first, the Boiler Mode key shall be changed over from Auto to Manual, and then the Burner changed to manual - this is done by pressing the Burner Auto button (note that the green light shall go off); after that, the selector switch of the Combustion Air Fan shall be changed from Auto to 0 position; make sure that the vanes are completely shut and only after that you may change to Manual position (at this time the fan will start running); then, you shall press the Combustion Controller Off button in order to put off subject controller.

It shall be noted that two potentiometers have been installed on the Panel with the purpose of controlling both Air and Oil flows when the Boiler is being fired in Emergency mode.... A very useful training source for the crew members engaged in operation and maintenance of the subject boilers.

This eighth release of the world famous and popular textbook on shipping is completely revised and updated, including about seventy percent of absolutely new material; the volume is now reflecting all important changes in the industry which emerged in the pas decades.

In addition, the author has focused his attention on the new tonnage developments, new conventions presented by IMO, vessel productivity, privatization of the sea ports, ship management, documentation, customs and logistics matters, electronic commerce, rapidly changing pattern of the world trade and vessel ownership, containerization and multi-modalism, Incoterms 2000, chartering, transportation of the dangerous cargo, ships agents and international agencies, cruise shipping industry, freight rates, ship operation and other important issues.

Most of the chapters in this volume have been significantly enlarged and written in a very simple but lucid manner, being supplemented by the analysis, professionalism and pragmatism. The text is taking account of the expected future trends; numerous data tables, diagrams and real life case studies have been included by the author to supplement the narrative. The volume is reflecting the author’s extensive shipping experience, spanning fifty years in the maritime industry, as well as consultancy and lecturing in over thirty countries...