Cargo handling itself in the main has changed from a labour intensive operation to a capital intensive one. This new edition of Thomas Stowage, a book which has well stood up to the test of time, has been revised yet again with the paramount object of keeping its users abreast pf present stowage disciplines. Figures have been metricated and a large number of new commodities have been incorporated.
As the intensity of natural disasters increases, there is a need to develop policies and procedures to assist various agencies with moving aid to affected areas. One of the biggest limitations to this process is damage to transportation networks, in particular waterways. To keep waterways safe, aids to navigation (ATONs) are placed in various areas to guide mariners and ships to their final des…