🎉   Please check out our new website over at books-etc.com.

Seller
Your price
£12.37
RRP: £19.99
Save £7.62 (38%)
Dispatched within 2-3 working days.

Handling Cargo

Freighters of the 1950s and '60s

By (author) William H. Miller
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Published: 1st May 2018
Dimensions: w 252mm h 225mm d 12mm
Weight: 465g
ISBN-10: 0750984341
ISBN-13: 9780750984348
Barcode No: 9780750984348
Trade or Institutional customer? Contact us about large order quotes.
Synopsis
Freighters of the 1950s and '60s - with masts, booms and hatches - were the last of their generation. It was the end of an era, just before the massive transition to faster, more efficient containerised shipping on larger and larger vessels. These were 'working ships', but many would be retired prematurely and finish up under flags of convenience, for virtually unknown owners, before going off to the scrappers in the 1970s and '80s. For some ships, their life's work was cut short and their decommissioning was quick. In Handling Cargo, William H. Miller remembers the likes of Cunard, Holland America and United States Lines on the North Atlantic, Moore McCormack Lines to South America, Farrell Lines to Africa and P&O out East.

New & Used

Seller Information Condition Price
-New£12.37
+ FREE UK P & P

What Reviewers Are Saying

Be the first to review this item. Submit your review now