During the past several centuries the importance of the North, Baltic, Barents and Norwegian Seas together with the North Atlantic region has continually grown looking from both commercial and strategic points of view. The rapid expansion that took place in the colonial and European merchant trade, exploitation of the various natural resources and industrialization have all made all countries adjacent to the waters mentioned above seriously dependent on the sea and all of those countries have developed their navy fleets in order to protect the state interests.

Subject development was also considered an element in their state systems directly linked to the maritime and continental power balance. The maritime law grew out of this link and associated tensions. While sharing the maritime interests, the above stated countries still differed in most of the other respects. It shall be noted that the strategic and economic importance was not necessarily reflected in their naval strengths. The content of the book has been arranged in several major sections covering the most important and relevant aspects of the navy fleets that used to operate in the Northern waters in the time period addressed, i.e. last three centuries.

All historians who have been involved in the researches of the Mediterranean has paid particular attention to the historical period between 1450 and 1700, and there was a good reason for that. In the early modern centuries, navigators adopted the small vessels and sailing techniques in use at those times to change the whole character of maritime trade together with the naval warfare.

The changes occurred in the competitions marking the Mediterranean seafaring have been considered equally important. After centuries of dominating of the Orthodox Christian and Latin powers in the region, the subsequent rise of the Empire of Ottomans did lead to the great clash between two most powerful human civilizations, namely Christian and Muslim. Subject struggle involved a whole set of religious, cultural, political and commercial aspects, with the diverse people of the Mediterranean region being the major players at first...

The historical overview presented in this publication will trace all the associated developments, mainly relying on the historical scholarship focusing on the early modern period of Mediterranean region. The list of topics covered by the author includes the navies and the Mediterranean in different historical periods including the early modern period mentioned above, era of the world wars, and others; note that the contemporary issues of the maritime strategy and policy in the region have also been addressed in detail.

This guidance for shipbuilders and navies was published by Lloyds Register Marine. The procurement and ownership of a capital-intensive asset such as a naval ship brings with it many challenges for those involved over the project lifecycle.

Ensuring that individual responsibilities and objectives are balanced with the constraints of limited budgets; increasing public scrutiny; greater attention to, and obligations for, provision of safety; and loss in some cases of critical technical knowledge mean that having a balanced assurance process is now a fundamental requirement. Gaining this multi-faceted assurance, whether from the perspective of the nation's government, the Chief of Navy, the designer/shipbuilder, or the sailor who will take the vessel into service means that the practices and solutions used in previous projects may not deliver the necessary outcomes.

The same challenges exist for those involved with commercially operated shipping, but they have been able to meet this challenge through closer co-operation between shipowners, designers and builders, regulatory authorities and classification societies. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to simply apply the commercial process to naval ships as many of the concepts and practices do not fit the procurement processes for government-owned assets.

This has led to the evolution over the last twenty years of naval classification from a facsimile of class for commercial ships into a more nuanced assurance process, as described in this publication. This process then provides appropriate assurance to the various stakeholders that their responsibilities are being discharged...

The author of this volume, Norman Friedman, has prepared its content attempting to provide the readers with clear and understandable descriptions of the array of naval radars from their inception in 1937 to the present, and to examine some of the ideas behind their designs and also behind the way in which they have been mounted aboard warships. Some major pieces of non-radar electronics will also be described and illustrated.

Nearly all radars operate by sending out a stream of pulses made up of short radio waves; the pulses reflect off objects, and the radar detects them on their return. Since radio waves travel through the atmosphere at a constant and very high speed, the short time interval between pulse and reception measures the distance to the radar target.

The radar system, then, consists of a pulsing sources of electrical energy coupled to an antenna which emits corresponding radio pulses in a more or less well-defined beam; and a receiver to detect the returning echo and use it to operate some kind of display device. Each of these simple descriptions hides enormous technical problems, only some of the solutions to which will be touched on here. A must-have volume for the naval history enthusiasts and professional historians...

A Navy, sometimes referred to as a maritime force, is one of the most important branches of any armed forces that is mainly designated for the naval warfare plus amphibious warfare and their related functions, including any operations commonly conducted by the vessels and submarines, together with the seaborne aviation.

The present publication contains the discussions on the most important issues related to the United States Navy, covering the associated warfare plus counter-terrorism operations, ship construction plans and structure of the Navy, etc. The first chapter is dedicated to such the important aspects as the planned size of the US Navy and the rate of ship procurements plus prospective affordability of the ship construction plans of the Navy.

The second chapter tells about the Navy ship names while the next one is dedicated to the aircraft carrier program on the United States Navy, particularly first three nuclear-powered vessels, namely CVN-78/79/80. Four remaining chapters of this interesting volume are dealing with the procurement of the SSN-774 Virginia class submarine, new cruiser and modernization of the destroyer, DOD leases of the ships build abroad, irregular warfare etc. The information contained in the book will be interesting to all enthusiasts of the naval warfare and will also be of some interest even for the experienced specialists.

Take a time and have a look in this set of regulatory documents consisting of three separate papers. The first volume titled "Policies and Procedures" is mainly addressing the general practices plus the procedures, topography and hydrography, navigational aids, landmarks, and some other charting information. The second volume provides definitions, symbology, list of charting abbreviations, cartographic orders and memoranda, and miscellaneous references.

The last, third, volume has been fully dedicated to the digital technical specifications. The present manual itself may be treated as a comprehensive pack of documents covering the recognized cartographic standards and procedures. It may also serve to inform the users of the various nautical charts and other involved parties of the established effective practices plus policies commonly in use when producing the nautical charts released by the OCS, standing for the Office of Coast Survey.

Generally speaking, this manual is mainly aimed for the internal use of OCS; note, however, that provision is there for some quite limited exchange of this volume within the nautical charting community. The complete list of specific acronyms are used throughout all three papers of the present set of docs has also been provided for easy and ready reference, and the first of the books starts with a very interesting historical overview.

The file contains various information necessary for proper adjustment of subject governor system. Its content was intentionally released by NABCO Ltd some years ago to be practical use for the crew members dealing with the everyday operation and routine maintenance of this machinery piece. The subject maintenance manual mainly refers to the normal standard version of the shipboard deck cranes manufactured by MacGregor.

There may appear some minor differences between individual cranes of the same type, but the general orientation concerning the the hydraulic system arrangement will of course remain the same in all cases so this manual will remain actual and valid in most cases.

The last decades have seen a very far reaching revolution in the whole world oil industry. By some measures, United States are on their way to becoming the biggest producer of the oil on the planet - this outcome would be considered impossible even a few years ago. This publication was prepared by the award winning professional on the geopolitics, Steve A. Yetiv - according to his explanations, the increased oil production in the United Stated is not going to result in any serious reduction in the oil prices taken long-term...

The readers have already found this volume full of truth and really wonderful, and they say it is an excellent up-to-date treatment of the issues commonly related to the oil supply and security. The author of the book is taking stock on the effect the fracking revolution is expected to have on both long and short term oil prices. The book reflects many well thought out points - they will grab the attention of anyone looking at the issues in a logical way. In short, this is a great title offering a solid professional overview about the major risks in the oil industry including the oil security... Highly recommended reading to all participants of the oil industry - from exploration up to and including production.