This publication was prepared by Roy Fenton, who is the well-known author of more than twenty books on shipping history. Throughout the history, the tramps ships were always called the taxi of the seas. They had no regular schedules and voyaged everywhere and anywhere, picking up and dropping off various cargoes, mainly bulk cargoes like timber, grain, coal, oil and others.

In this book the author did his best to describe the evolution of the tramp ships over the course of more than hundred years. The preset introductory publication is expected to provide the readers with the close look at the design and construction of the tramp vessels together with the description of their machinery installations, also covering the operation and management of the subject vessels as well as the life and work of the officers and crew members.

The main body of the book consists of the three hundred wonderful photographs of the individual vessels that are vividly illustrating the whole process of development of the tramp and maritime trade in the end-XIX century, both World Wars and post-war times. Each of the captions provides the ship dimensions, shipyards and owners, as well as valuable notes. The design features of the ships have been highlighted to make this book a classic one, inspiring all historians and enthusiasts of the merchant shipping.

The present report is the first one in a series focusing upon the seafarers training relating to the introduction of the shipboard technologies and universal introduction of the AIS providing an excellent chance to perform the observation of the whole extent to which such training is accompanying the intro to the newly established onboard technologies.

Before the interviews with the seafarers have been conducted related to the training accompanying the AIS introduction, the authors of the preset volume has attempted to duly ascertain the level of the errors commonly identified and concerned with the information that is being transmitted using the AIS and treated this as a sort of the indicator of the seafarers competence.

The whole content of the report has been compiled on the basis of the data collected in the four-year period and it is intended to indicate the level of the errors made when using the AIS. The authors have also considered the extent to which subject system encourages the incorrect use of the VHF radio to avoidance of the collisions plus the implications of the subject factor for the training. The utilization of the VHF radio for negotiating of the collision avoidance between the vessels was considered a serious problem for long time and by numerous agencies dealing with the navigation...

In Herman Wouks wonderful Caribbean escape novel Don't Stop the Carnival there is a rogue character who describes himself as "just an old truth teller." I like that. It is a self-assessment worth living up to. The current truth about boating is that it gets harder to afford from year to year. In the nearly twenty years since This Old Boat was originally published, the waterways and shorelines have gotten markedly less boat friendly (unless you are lucky to own a megayacht).

Do-it-yourself boatyards continue to give way to condominium developments. Marinas have succumbed to the immediate return of converting to high-priced dockominiums. Both gasoline and diesel fuel have increased from less than SI per gallon to more than $4. The price of a new offshore 35-foot sailboat has risen from an already astonishing S100,000 plus in 1991 to an astronomical $300,000 plus today and still rising. The cost of insurance also rising. Storage costs are up. Haulout costs are up. What bought a gallon of bottom paint in the '90s buys a quart today. Hell, even the cost of this book has increased (but not so much)...

The author himself combines about thirty years of sailing experience, an excellent sense of humor and a perfect writing style to deliver reliable and simple advice to the boaters.

This is a nice compilation of the proceedings of the papers that have been presented in the course of the Third ISSW and summary of discussions. One of the main objectives of that event was to promote the maximum possible exchange of technical information directly related to the research and developments in ship stability as well as operational safety.

This may be achieved through the in-depth discussions by the world respected experts. The first of the papers provides a sort of intro to the numerical modeling of the vessel motions and usage of such models in the analysis of the ship's intact stability. The author of the article has presented a good discussion of various important and actual aspects that shall form a part of the whole process of modeling, namely the ship system, environment, excitation and response, supplemented with a very brief overview of the techniques used for modeling of the hydrodynamic forces.

The main emphasis has been put on quality assurance and validation of various numerical modeling techniques. Among the topics that have been covered during that workshop there were application of various non-linear systems dynamics to vessel stability, numerical/physical modeling of intact/damage stability, some special ship stability problems etc.

Al Adcock's book named "US Flush Deck Destroyers In Action" addresses four major classes of United States destroyers, namely Wickes, Sampson, Caldwell and Clemson. They all were designed for the purpose of ocean escort with top speed thus allowing them to keep station with the fastest battle cruisers if that time. The Sampson class deck destroyers were a transition design bringing together old destroyer design and flush deck design, while Caldwell class deck destroyers were some kind of test beds for the later Clemson and Wickes classes, which saw improved seaworthiness, higher speeds, greater range etc.

The so-called flush deck destroyers of the American Navy constructed during and straight after the First World War, were outdated and actually ready to go for scrapping by the beginning of the Second World War. However, they were put into active service and actually all of them performed well, meeting the expectations of the commanders of the American, British, Canadian, Soviet and other navy fleets of the world, including one destroyer serving even within the IJN, i.e. Imperial Japanese Navy. As it's a case with any other publication b the author, it provides all interested readers with a wealth of technical information about these destroyers, supplemented with the numerous data and plans plus images.

The present package contains six separate documents all referring to the TYCO products. The documents specifically selected to make this technical archive contains following papers: T1000 Marine Controller User Manual and Datasheet, Data and Specifications for the Autopulse IQ-318 Agent Releasing Control Panel and same set of documents for the Autopulse IQ-636X and IQ-636-2 Intelligent Addressable Fire Alarm Systems, supplemented with the Engineering Specifications for the Inergen Clean Agent Fire Suppression System (with Autopulse Control System). Will be of some use for crew members commonly dealing with the fire safety of the vessels.

The present pack released by Nippon Electric Industry Company consists of two documents. The first is the Instruction Manual for TDC control equipment (i.e. synchro-unit) which is used to control the KDIST and LUFFING functions of both main and sub-cranes (for HOIST/LUFF functions the equipment carries out a synchronous control).

This part is covering the main principles of operation, identification of each part, installation of the crane and its adjustment, operating procedures, troubleshooting, synchro-transmitter inspection, DC source inspection, relay replacing and card replacing method, test functions. The second part of the pack contains mostly the drawings of the crane. This pack will be most probably helpful for crane operators of Nagasaki cranes as well as professionals carrying out the maintenance and/or repair.

Originally, the present training course was published nearly twenty years ago with the main declared intention of its authors to develop a good training resource to be practically helpful for the sailors and would significantly improve their professional and military technical knowledge; subject course was supposed to be used when preparing to sit for the Navywide examinations.

The content includes various information covering the everyday occupational knowledge and the skill requirements, the text and informative data tables supplemented with the numerous illustrations included to assist trainees with getting better understand all provided information. There is another important and practical feature of this title, i.e. the references to the useful relevant info and data that may be found in other books.

The materials in the volume have been arranged in the eighteen chapters that provide the general information, describing the steam turbines, reduction gear together with the associated equipment, pumping arrangements, lubrication and air ejectors, heat exchangers, various engineering operations and their administration, refrigeration, piping and systems, air conditioning, compressed air systems, steam operated plants, auxiliary equipment, auto-boiler controls, propulsion boilers, their fittings and tools, etc. The glossary of terminology has also been provided.