The efficient port
The Efficient Port, follows up on the book, Cargo Handling and the Modern Port. It suggests ways to improve cargo handling, shipping, and the management and design of ports. It also tries to predict what the future port will be like, given current revolutionary changes. The book discusses the port&#...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1971]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Series: | Commonwealth and international library. Social administration, training, economics, and production division.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Efficient Port, follows up on the book, Cargo Handling and the Modern Port. It suggests ways to improve cargo handling, shipping, and the management and design of ports. It also tries to predict what the future port will be like, given current revolutionary changes. The book discusses the port's history, current function and design, and changes over the years. It also reviews the port's many important components: the berth, the ship, the laborers, and the cargo. The book recommends improvements to mechanization and general cargo work, as well as to the management and administration of port. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 215 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780080163963 0080163963 1483150070 9781483150079 |