Maritime - Ports

An Introduction To Port Working Bown, A H J 68 pages; card cover; fine copy, near mint; National Dock Labour Board; 1955. (Details port working., traffic organization and finances of British ports.  Interesting reading.) Por20143 $5.00

Below The Bridge Evans, Catherine; Dodsworth, Steve and Barnett, Julie 80 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; National Museum of Wales; 1984. (A photographic-historical survey of Cardiff docklands to 1983 – the docks, the ships, the people and the surrounding infrastructure.) Por20144 $22.00

Cape Town Harbour 1652 to the Present Newall, Peter 44 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers with coloured photographs; fine copy, near mint; Portnet; 1993. (A brief history of the port and the ships that used it. Good photographs of shipping.) Por32196 $12.00

Cargo Handling And The Modern Port Oram, Colonel R B 174 pages; black and white photos; drawings; hard covers; from an institutional library but fine copy, near mint; Pergamon; 1965 (Deals with the port, basic operations of a port, port labour, changes since 1945, unit loads, containers, bulk cargoes and the future.) Por06117 $12.00

Cargo Handling In Japan Anon 132 pages; coloured photographs; scale drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Japan Cargo Handling Mechanisation Assn; 1983. (Describes the wide variety of cranes, stalkers, reclaimers, conveyors, loaders and unloaders built in Japan.) Por25174 $18.00

Maritime Cargo Loss Prevention - 2 Volumes US Department of Transportation Volume I 118 pages; Volume II 96 pages; drawings; lists; card covers; from an institutional library but fine copy, near mint; Self-publication; 1979 (Discusses methods to prevent cargo theft on wharves and on board ships.) both volumes Por06120 $8.00

Old Docks Ritchie-Noakes, Nancy 32 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Shire; 1987. (Covers the building and workings of British docks from the mid 1850s to the mid 1960s. An interesting account and good photograph selection.) Por34246 $15.00

Port Of London Authority Anon 12 pages; black and white photographs; folded map; card covers; worn but complete; Port of London; no publication date given, early 1900s? (A brief account of facilities at London with excellent photographs.) Por18138 $8.00

Ports North Magazine of Northland Harbour Board 6 issues, June 1969, March 1971, September 1976, December 1984, September 1985 and April 1986. Each issue 8 pages; black and white photos; fine copy, near mint. Plus A Portrait Of Whangarei Harbour  20 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; 1977. Por09180 Lot $15.00

Ports Of The World 1972 Anon 898 pages; lists; adverts; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Benn; (Details of all ports around the world [20 in New Zealand] with information on accommodation, bunkers, ship repairers, charges and pilotage.) Por06112 $15.00

Recommendations For Safe Packing And Handling Of Cargo The National Association of Port Employers 20 pages; black and white drawings; card covers; from an institutional library but mint copy; Self-publication; 1976 (Deals with packing of cargo in unit loads, pre-slung loads and containers as well as dangerous goods.) Por06116 $5.00

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Report Of Proceedings – 11th Conference Of Engineers – 1973 Association of Australian Port and Marine Authorities 394 pages; black and white photos; maps; folded maps; drawings; plans; folded plans; card covers; from an institutional library but fine copy, near mint; Self-publication; 1973 (Papers presented include Construction of Ferguson Wharf Container complex, Trends in Port Development, dredging of ports and design and construction of ports.) Por06113 $25.00

Report Of The Committee Of Inquiry Into The Major Ports Of Great Britain Rochdale, Viscount and others 498 pages; maps; drawings; graphs; lists; card covers; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1962. (Known as the Rochdale Report, deals with all aspects of the operations of UK ports in the early 1960s and recommendations for future directions of ports. A major report with major implications.) Also included is The Reorganisation Of The Ports 1969 – what happened? Por07106 $15.00

Some Modern Trends In Cargo Handling Tooth, E S 72 pages; black and white photos; drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; Port of London Authority; 1955 (Sub titled ‘Recent Developments Affecting the Port Industry’ covers bulk handling and pallets.) Por07115 $12.00

Ship Shape – Winter 1963 Anon 40 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; adverts; card covers; average copy, some wear; Port of Bristol Authority; 1963. (Quarterly journal of Port of Bristol, and articles include Australind Steam Shipping Co, and African trade with Bristol.) Por19244 $10.00

The Dock And Harbour Authority Magazines 10 issues – January to October 1935. Each issue contains 40 pages; black and white photos; folded map; adverts; paper covers; fine copy, near mint; Yachtsman Publishing, London. (Contains articles on ports and cargoes throughout the world. Interesting adverts.) Por09181 Each issue $10.00

World Ports – Seoul Photo Exhibition Anon 128 pages; pages not numbered; coloured photographs; maps; original dust jacket; mint copy; 15th IAPH Conference; 1987. (A photograph selection of 38 of the world’s major ports and details of facilities at those ports. Includes Auckland, Tauranga and New Plymouth.) Por23180 $20.00

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