The World Fleet Statistics, are published annually like the Lloyd's Register of Ships and reflect the information contained therein. Prior to 1886, the Statistical Tables only covered new ships classed by Lloyd's Register according to the material, sail/steam and where the ships where built, together with numbers of ships disclassed and never classed by Lloyd's Register.
The World Fleet Statistics, are published annually like the Lloyd's Register of Ships and reflect the information contained therein. Prior to 1886, the Statistical Tables only covered new ships classed by Lloyd's Register according to the material, sail/steam and where the ships where built, together with numbers of ships disclassed and never classed by Lloyd's Register.
The World Fleet Statistics, are published annually like the Lloyd's Register of Ships and reflect the information contained therein. Prior to 1886, the Statistical Tables only covered new ships classed by Lloyd's Register according to the material, sail/steam and where the ships where built, together with numbers of ships disclassed and never classed by Lloyd's Register.
The World Fleet Statistics, are published annually like the Lloyd's Register of Ships and reflect the information contained therein. Prior to 1886, the Statistical Tables only covered new ships classed by Lloyd's Register according to the material, sail/steam and where the ships where built, together with numbers of ships disclassed and never classed by Lloyd's Register.
This book compiles seven essays concerning changes to merchant shipping over the hundred and fifty years between 1850 and 2000, and spanning a range of countries, with particular focus on Norway, Greece, Japan, and England. The essays are linked by the theme of change: from traditional to modern shipping; in fluctuating cargo demands; from sail to steam; wood to iron; in improvements in communication technologies; in political natures and affiliations; in seafaring skillsets; in the advent of containerisation and advent of globalisation. The overall aim is to construct a solid international context for the merchant shipping industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - primarily to aid a major Norwegian deep-sea merchant marine project. The book contains an introduction that sets out these aims, and seven essays by maritime historians which form part of the international contextual whole, though all can be approached individually.
