The Evolution and Significance of the Powered Bulk Carrier : The Black Freighters / Roy Fenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenton, R. S., author.

Series:

Research in maritime history ; Volume 56.

Research in Maritime History Series ; Volume 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bulk carrier cargo ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This volume details the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world's trades and economies. Their design and technological development is traced from the screw colliers of the 1850s which revolutionised the British coastal coal trade. The same engineering principles were applied to produce ocean-going steam and later motor tramps. By the end of the 19th century, the capabilities and economies of these 'black freighters' had captured from the sailing ship much of the world's trade in bulk commodities. In the second half of the 20th century, the tramps in turn evolved into multi-purpose, dry bulk carriers. These workhorses of the sea transport commodities including metallic ores, grain, coal, timber and other minerals.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781802073508

1802073507

9781837646555

1837646554

OCLC:

1372621079