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Sea power and influence
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B~h#lographic Section
C#rrrdrl1IEotor’rT~of~th$CatsuicIlldc te Rata MO, I.P.C. Transport Press, Dorset House Stamford Street, London SE1 9 LU, U.K., 1980,pp. 96,
f2.00. These tables, des@ed for use in the U.K., have compikd from a variety of sources, results. The base test road includii information has been supplied by a cross section of haulage and own-account operation, ~has& component and accessory manufacturers.The effects of the Finance Bill 1980are included in the tables. A fuel rate card, which facilitates calculatingfuel cost per mile, has been establishadas a regular section of the contents. The Tables are compiled with operating conditions in mind,and the rate card is designedto reduce pressure on estimators, expediters and tra@ clerks by bring@gan element of consistent chargingto vehicle costs and local rents and taxes.
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llartrrtllrfiytkCer&!eptefprscscrr:~llfrryhc Law Re-Evubated, George P. Smith, II, Robert. E. R&get Publishing Co., 645 New York Avenue, Huntington, N. Y. 11743,U.S.A., 1980,$15.50. Smith, professor of law at The Catholic University of America, attended the 1976 and 1979 sessions of the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference as correspondent for the American Bar Association Journal. This book contains his reflections on the is&s discussed during the proceedings,as well as on the origins of the concept of the ‘Yne seas”. They augment the formal record of the Conference itself for not only the intemationaal lawyer or those concerned with national defense or foreign affairs, but also for scientists, environmentalists, commercial entrepreneurs, and others.
AlterMve Fmek for IUaritb Um, ldaritie Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418, U.S.A., 1980,pp. 19L89.75.
The search for alternatives to petroleum crude oil is importpnt to the maritime industry. This report looks to the near-term-future, reviewing the potential fuels that may he available from 1980 to 2080 and d&ing the economic, i%hliCd, environmeatel, and social impacts of the akoatc fuels on marine power plants. It seeks to guide the maritime industry in choosing the proper power plants for the future, as well as consideringalternative fuels for use in current power plants and vessels.
Grig& &lent and Grtwa, Charles F. Morris, McCartan & Root, 325 East 57th Street, New York Ny 10022, U.S.A., 1980,pp. 491,856.tgI. The 8rst of the books three sections is Chigins, a concise account of the development of ships and shipping, the adaptation of structural configurationto carry passengers and the intIuence of improved navigational equipment on the size, design and radius of vessels. Second is The Orient Line, tracing the growth of the company from its inception as an operator of sailing clippers through its consoliklationin 1878as the Orient Steam NavigationCompany, until its final days of amalgamationwiththe P&Oline.The designand buildingofthe Oriana, the last real passenger liner to be built, is the subject of the third section.
T&ShlplutbaMed&vulRceaomy66c1(08,Richardw. Unger, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1020 Pine Avenue West, MontrealH3A lA2, Canada, 1980,pp. 304, $32.95.
This book argues that the technical change in sea transport made a sign&ant contriition to a broad range of developmentsin medievaland early modem European society. Marine archaeologists, maritime ethnologists and, more generally, maritime historians may tind productive avenues of investigation of the economic to his$ea Power aud I&wnce, Jonathan Alford ted.), Gover theory of induced innovation and its appliin Publishing Co., 1 Westmcad, Farnborough, Hampshire tory. The book also surveys and synthesises the range of GU 147RU, England,and Allanfeld,Osmun and Co., 6 important archaeological work that has been done in South Fullerton Ave., Montclair,NJ 07042,U.S.A., 1980, Europe and Americain excavating the boats themselves. There are many illustrationsand extensive bibliographic pp. 220,$23.50. information. This book looks at the current problems facing naval planners in the light of the substantially changed technologies and deterrent policies employed by today’s Persomml Requirements for an Advanced Shipyard major sea powers.The tasks of Western navies is defined Techuotegy, Maritime Transportation Research Board, and an assessment made of where future technology is National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, likely to lead. The papers contained in this book were Washington,D.C. 20418,U.S.A., 1980,pp. 164, 817.50. prepared for the International Institute for Strategic Focusing primarily on private shipyards, this report Studies. examines the nature and status of personnel requirements needed to respond to anticipated technological
B~h#lographic Section
C#rrrdrl1IEotor’rT~of~th$CatsuicIlldc te Rata MO, I.P.C. Transport Press, Dorset House Stamford Street, London SE1 9 LU, U.K., 1980,pp. 96,
f2.00. These tables, des@ed for use in the U.K., have compikd from a variety of sources, results. The base test road includii information has been supplied by a cross section of haulage and own-account operation, ~has& component and accessory manufacturers.The effects of the Finance Bill 1980are included in the tables. A fuel rate card, which facilitates calculatingfuel cost per mile, has been establishadas a regular section of the contents. The Tables are compiled with operating conditions in mind,and the rate card is designedto reduce pressure on estimators, expediters and tra@ clerks by bring@gan element of consistent chargingto vehicle costs and local rents and taxes.
been
llartrrtllrfiytkCer&!eptefprscscrr:~llfrryhc Law Re-Evubated, George P. Smith, II, Robert. E. R&get Publishing Co., 645 New York Avenue, Huntington, N. Y. 11743,U.S.A., 1980,$15.50. Smith, professor of law at The Catholic University of America, attended the 1976 and 1979 sessions of the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference as correspondent for the American Bar Association Journal. This book contains his reflections on the is&s discussed during the proceedings,as well as on the origins of the concept of the ‘Yne seas”. They augment the formal record of the Conference itself for not only the intemationaal lawyer or those concerned with national defense or foreign affairs, but also for scientists, environmentalists, commercial entrepreneurs, and others.
AlterMve Fmek for IUaritb Um, ldaritie Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418, U.S.A., 1980,pp. 19L89.75.
The search for alternatives to petroleum crude oil is importpnt to the maritime industry. This report looks to the near-term-future, reviewing the potential fuels that may he available from 1980 to 2080 and d&ing the economic, i%hliCd, environmeatel, and social impacts of the akoatc fuels on marine power plants. It seeks to guide the maritime industry in choosing the proper power plants for the future, as well as consideringalternative fuels for use in current power plants and vessels.
Grig& &lent and Grtwa, Charles F. Morris, McCartan & Root, 325 East 57th Street, New York Ny 10022, U.S.A., 1980,pp. 491,856.tgI. The 8rst of the books three sections is Chigins, a concise account of the development of ships and shipping, the adaptation of structural configurationto carry passengers and the intIuence of improved navigational equipment on the size, design and radius of vessels. Second is The Orient Line, tracing the growth of the company from its inception as an operator of sailing clippers through its consoliklationin 1878as the Orient Steam NavigationCompany, until its final days of amalgamationwiththe P&Oline.The designand buildingofthe Oriana, the last real passenger liner to be built, is the subject of the third section.
T&ShlplutbaMed&vulRceaomy66c1(08,Richardw. Unger, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1020 Pine Avenue West, MontrealH3A lA2, Canada, 1980,pp. 304, $32.95.
This book argues that the technical change in sea transport made a sign&ant contriition to a broad range of developmentsin medievaland early modem European society. Marine archaeologists, maritime ethnologists and, more generally, maritime historians may tind productive avenues of investigation of the economic to his$ea Power aud I&wnce, Jonathan Alford ted.), Gover theory of induced innovation and its appliin Publishing Co., 1 Westmcad, Farnborough, Hampshire tory. The book also surveys and synthesises the range of GU 147RU, England,and Allanfeld,Osmun and Co., 6 important archaeological work that has been done in South Fullerton Ave., Montclair,NJ 07042,U.S.A., 1980, Europe and Americain excavating the boats themselves. There are many illustrationsand extensive bibliographic pp. 220,$23.50. information. This book looks at the current problems facing naval planners in the light of the substantially changed technologies and deterrent policies employed by today’s Persomml Requirements for an Advanced Shipyard major sea powers.The tasks of Western navies is defined Techuotegy, Maritime Transportation Research Board, and an assessment made of where future technology is National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, likely to lead. The papers contained in this book were Washington,D.C. 20418,U.S.A., 1980,pp. 164, 817.50. prepared for the International Institute for Strategic Focusing primarily on private shipyards, this report Studies. examines the nature and status of personnel requirements needed to respond to anticipated technological