Box Boats

Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780823225699

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Box Boats by Brian J. Cudahy Pdf

Fifty years ago--on April 26, 1956--the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the flag of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, she set out for Houston with an unusual cargo: 58 trailer trucks lashed to her top deck. But they weren't trucks--they were steel containers removed from their running gear, waiting to be lifted onto empty truck beds when Ideal X reached Texas. She docked safely, and a revolution was launched--not only in shipping, but in the way the world trades. Today, the more than 200 million containers shipped every year are the lifeblood of the new global economy. They sit stacked on thousands of "box boats" that grow more massive every year. In this fascinating book, transportation expert Brian Cudahy provides a vivid, fast-paced account of the container-ship revolution--from the maiden voyage of the Ideal X to the entrepreneurial vision and technological breakthroughs that make it possible to ship more goods more cheaply than every before. Cudahy tells this complex story easily, starting with Malcom McLean, Pan-Atlantic's owner who first thought about loading his trucks on board. His line grew into the container giant Sea-Land Services, and Cudahy charts its dramatic evolution into Maersk Sealand, the largest container line in the world. Along the way, he provides a concise, colorful history of world shipping--from freighter types to the fortunes of steamship lines--and explores the spectacular growth of global trade fueled by the mammoth ships and new seaborne lifelines connecting Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Masterful maritime history, Box Boats shows how fleets of these ungainly ships make the modern world possible--with both positive and negative effects. It's also a tale of an historic home port, New York, where old piers lie silent while 40-foot steel boxes of toys and televisions come ashore by the thousands, across the bay in New Jersey.

Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0823225690

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Box Boats by Brian J. Cudahy Pdf

Fifty years ago--on April 26, 1956--the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the flag of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, she set out for Houston with an unusual cargo: 58 trailer trucks lashed to her top deck. But they weren't trucks--they were steel containers removed from their running gear, waiting to be lifted onto empty truck beds when Ideal X reached Texas. She docked safely, and a revolution was launched--not only in shipping, but in the way the world trades. Today, the more than 200 million containers shipped every year are the lifeblood of the new global economy. They sit stacked on thousands of "box boats" that grow more massive every year. In this fascinating book, transportation expert Brian Cudahy provides a vivid, fast-paced account of the container-ship revolution--from the maiden voyage of the Ideal X to the entrepreneurial vision and technological breakthroughs that make it possible to ship more goods more cheaply than every before. Cudahy tells this complex story easily, starting with Malcom McLean, Pan-Atlantic's owner who first thought about loading his trucks on board. His line grew into the container giant Sea-Land Services, and Cudahy charts its dramatic evolution into Maersk Sealand, the largest container line in the world. Along the way, he provides a concise, colorful history of world shipping--from freighter types to the fortunes of steamship lines--and explores the spectacular growth of global trade fueled by the mammoth ships and new seaborne lifelines connecting Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Masterful maritime history, Box Boats shows how fleets of these ungainly ships make the modern world possible--with both positive and negative effects. It's also a tale of an historic home port, New York, where old piers lie silent while 40-foot steel boxes of toys and televisions come ashore by the thousands, across the bay in New Jersey.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433069083040

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The Paper Box Maker and American Bookbinder by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Brooks,Ruth Ann Hill
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822582

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How to Build Glued-lapstrake Wooden Boats by John Brooks,Ruth Ann Hill Pdf

As a child, John Brooks loved to build models and sail with his grandfather. When most teenagers were at the prom, John was changing jibs in the Indian Ocean, halfway through a 35,000-mile, two-year cruise. He began building boats in commercial yards at 19, while studying boat design and building his own boats. John worked for many years honing his craftsmanship on fine yachts, small boats, custom furniture, and a harpsichord. He has been a instructor at the WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1990s, teaching glued-lapstrake boatbuilding, fine interior joinery, and carving. Ruth Ann Hill grew up on the coast of Maine. A writer, boatbuilding assistant, naturalist, and graphic artist, Ruth is the author of Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional Guide and a contributing editor for Maine Boats & Harbors magazine. John and Ruth started their business, Brooks Boats, in 1991. They design and build glued-lapstrake boats in West Brooklin, Maine-and get out to enjoy their handiwork in its proper element whenever they can.

Author : Trygvie Jensen
Publisher : Trygvie Jensen
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Door County (Wis.)
ISBN : 9780976478270

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Wooden Boats and Iron Men by Trygvie Jensen Pdf

Author : Jenna M. Loyd,Alison Mountz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9780520287969

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Boats, Borders, and Bases by Jenna M. Loyd,Alison Mountz Pdf

"Discussions on U.S. border enforcement have traditionally focused on the highly charged U.S.-Mexico boundary, inadvertently obscuring U.S.-Caribbean relations and the concerning asylum and detention policies unfolding there. Boats, Borders, and Bases offers the missing, racialized histories of the U.S. detention system and its relationship to the interception and detention of Haitian and Cuban migrants. It argues that the U.S. response to Cold War Caribbean migrations actually established the legal and institutional basis for contemporary migration and detention, and border-deterrent practices in the United States. This book promises to make a significant contribution to a truer understanding of the history and geography of the U.S. detention system overall."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Thomas Firth Jones
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1574090968

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New Plywood Boats by Thomas Firth Jones Pdf

Tom Jones is a professional boatbuilder, designer, and writer.

Author : Greg Rössel
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822507

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Building Small Boats by Greg Rössel Pdf

Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433008013876

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Annual Report of the Quartermaster-General to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended... by Anonim Pdf

Provides information regarding the activities of the Quartermaster's Dept. including supplies, procurement, etc.

Author : Robert Morris
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1551924447

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Building Skin-on-frame Boats by Robert Morris Pdf

Author : Natasha Stacey
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781920942953

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Boats to Burn by Natasha Stacey Pdf

Under a Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Australia, traditional Indonesian fishermen are permitted access to fish in a designated area inside the 200 nautical mile Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ). However, crew and vessels are regularly apprehended for illegal fishing activity outside the permitted areas and, after prosecution in Australian courts, their boats and equipment are destroyed and the fishermen repatriated to Indonesia. This is an ethnographic study of one group of Indonesian maritime people who operate in the AFZ. It concerns Bajo people who originate from villages in the Tukang Besi Islands, Southeast Sulawesi. It explores the social, cultural, economic and historic conditions which underpin Bajo sailing and fishing voyages in the AFZ. It also examines issues concerning Australian maritime expansion and Australian government policies, treatment and understanding of Bajo fishing. The study considers the concept of "traditional" fishing regulating access to the MOU area based on use of unchanging technology, and consequences arising from adherence to such a view of "traditional"; the effect of Australian maritime expansion on Bajo fishing activity; the effectiveness of policy in providing for fishing rights and stopping illegal activity, and why Bajo continue to fish in the AFZ despite a range of ongoing restrictions on their activity.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951D03523109J

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War Department Appropriation Bill, 1928 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : Eric Wiberg
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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U-Boats in New England by Eric Wiberg Pdf

Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over, 73 German U-Boats sustainably attacked New England waters, from Montauk New York to the tip of Nova Scotia at Cape Sable. Fifteen percent of these boats were sunk by Allied counter-attacks, five surrendered in the region, and three were sunk off New England--Block Island, Massachusetts Bay, and off Nantucket. These have proven appealing to divers, with a result that at least three German naval officers or ratings are buried in New England, one having killed himself in the Boston jail cell. There were 34 Allied merchant or naval ships sunk by these subs, one of them, the 'Eagle', was not admitted to have been sunk by the Germans until decades later. Over 1,100 men were thrown in the water and 545 of them made it ashore in New England ports; 428 were killed. Importantly, saboteurs were landed three places: Long Island, Frenchman's Bay Maine and New Brunswick Canada, and Boston was mined. Very little was known about this.

Author : Michael Ruhlman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 014200121X

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Wooden Boats by Michael Ruhlman Pdf

There are fewer than 10,000 wooden boats in America, but the circulation of WoodenBoat magazine exceeds 180,000. What is it about these boats that has captured the popular imagination? With his "lively blend of reportage [and] reflection" (Los Angeles Times), Michael Ruhlman sets off for a renowned boatyard in Martha's Vineyard to follow the construction of two boats-Rebecca, a 60-foot modern pleasure schooner, and Elisa Lee, a 32-foot powerboat. Filled with exquisite details and stories of the sea, this exciting exploration of a nearly forgotten craft and the colorful personalities involved will enthrall wooden boat owners as well as craftspeople of every stripe, nature enthusiasts, and fans of compelling nonfiction.

Author : Gerhard Bassler
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773577091

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Vikings to U-Boats by Gerhard Bassler Pdf

The first German arrived in Newfoundland with Leif Eirikson's Viking expedition. By 1914 St. John's was home to a vibrant German community while a Moravian enclave thrived in Labrador. Contemporary Newfoundland, however, remembers its German heritage largely in terms of U-Boat captains and local spies. Gerhard Bassler reveals what was lost when almost all earlier memories of Germans in Newfoundland and Labrador vanished.