HANDLING AND STOWAGE OF CARGO; (Prepared for the United States Maritime Service)
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1941. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards (8 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.) with gilt lettering to front and spine. Slight rubbing to boards and one corner lightly nudged. Protected in thin paper dustjacket with cut-out hole over spine title. Photographs, tables, and one fabulous four-section fold-out illustrating an entire cargo ship and demonstrating specifics of where and how cargo is stowed. Very Good in Good Plus Dustjacket. Item #88468
"Stowage of cargo is the art of packing and arranging commodities safely and compactly in a vessel for transportation by sea. With the safety of the vessel's personnel and cargo of the United States Merchant Marine in mind, the author desires to make available the accumulated experience of those who have specialized in the handling and stowing of ships' cargoes..."
"Old rule of thumb methods are being replaced by scientific porting of cargoes. It is the aim of those who direct our marine shipping to have a Merchant Marine equal, if not superior, to any in the world, but without a properly trained staff to man these ships that aim would be for naught. No ship is better than the officers and crew available to man it..."
Price: $95.00