From British Columbia to LA (via Japan)
This video shows the loading and unloading of lumber, pulp, steel and newsprint cargos by gantry cranes
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Jumping Ships: The Global Adventures of a Cargo Ship Apprent
On a global nautical voyage that takes him from Africa to the Far East, and from India to Greece, a young navigating apprentice finds his sea legs and tries in vain to keep out of trouble; heli-skiing in Canada, taking on pirates in Nigeria and disguising
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White Funnel Steamers: A Photographic Legacy
The White Funnel Fleet of P&A Campbell was the mainstay of Bristol Channel steamer excursions but the company's long and successful association with the south coast of England was an integral part of its success
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Fred Olsen Line and Its Passenger Ships
An updated edition of Anthony Cooke's superb new book on the Fred Olsen Line passenger ships
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Shadow on the Moon
An armed pirate gang, led by the cunning and ruthless Henry Kaduna are attacking and robbing ships off the port of Lagos in Nigeria
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Home of the Fleet: A Century of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in
During the last century, the Royal Navy and its support services at Portsmouth dockyard have experienced a pace of change not seen since the fifteenth century
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Ships of the White Star Line
The White Star Line was one of the most illustrious and controversial names in the history of passenger shipping
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MV Balmoral the First 60 Years
MV Balmoral the First 60 Years brings together, in words and pictures, a celebration of the first 60 years of MV Balmoral's career as a sea-going pleasure steamer
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Luxury Liners: Their Golden Age and the Music Played Aboard
We have recently received a really novel book called Luxury Liners: Their Golden Age (and the Music played aboard) published by Edel Entertainment
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Hollywood to Honolulu: The Story of the Los Angeles Steamsh
For over a decade during the “Roaring Twenties,” a great white ocean liner would sail from berth 156 in Los Angeles every Saturday
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RMS Queen Elizabeth: The Ultimate Ship
The Cunard-White Star Line's Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the World and one of the fastest and most luxurious
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Ocean Ships 2009 (15th edition)
First published over 40 years ago, Ocean Ships has become the bible for maritime enthusiasts, providing authoritative and detailed information on all the world's ocean-going passenger and cargo ships
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Truly Clyde Built: The Scott Family Enterprise
While there are four excellent books already published on Scott's, this volume concentrates on the family members rather than the company as such
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Calendar 2010
As usual, Lanasta have produced another fine calendar for merchant shipping enthusiasts
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Maritime History 7 - The Mataro Model, Lifeboat Prins Hendri
This issue features possibly the oldest ship model in Europe, the Mataro model, an historic lifeboat, the Prin Hendrik and the Dutch East Indies SS Insulinde
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Maritime History 8 - Hospital Ship Oranje, Arnemuiden Hoogaa
This issue contains features on
The history of the motor ship Oranje of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (Nederland Line) with the emphasis on her special function as hospital ship in the service of the allied in WW-II
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Kent Ports and Harbours
Ports and Harbours of Kent charts the changes that have occurred over the last 400 years to Kent ports and the associated shipping bases
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Significant Ships of 2008
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Ports of Scotland 2010
Published annually in December, Ports of Scotland is a comprehensive reference book for all ports users
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Cruise Ships: 3rd Edn
The third edition of William Mayes’ review the world’s current cruise and passenger ship fleets is published against the backdrop of the world recession, which has resulted in a number of companies closing and ships going out of service
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Coasters of the 1960s
The latest in the popular Coasters series from Bernard McCall
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Port of Southampton in the 60s and 70s
The port of Southampton saw many changes in the 1960s and 1970s
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Fishguard-Rosslare - The Album
The author brings together a further collection of rare and interesting photographs of ferry traffic on the historic Fishguard to Rosslare route
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Lancashire Nobby
Nick Miller brings his training in naval architecture to bear on this comprehensive history of the Lancashire nobby
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Classic Liners: SS France/Norway
Completed in the early 1960's, the France was the last of the great French Line passenger ships on the celebrated run to and from New York
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SS United States: Speed Queen of the Seas
Built in 1952 at Newport News, the SS United States was designed from the outset to be the fastest ship afloat
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SS Nieuw Amsterdam: The Darling of the Dutch
A new maritime book from Bill Miller is always warmly received and we are sure this will be no exception
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Cunard's Three Queens: A Celebration
2008 was a magical year for Cunard
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Baltic Ferries
Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of car ferry services between Sweden and Finland
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Scottish Fishing Boats: A New Look
A companion to his successful first book, James Pottinger's new volume looks further afield, and covers the fishing history of the areas of north-east Scotland, the west coast and Shetland
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Building a Miniature Navy Board Ship Model
This latest step-by-step volume from Phil Reed tackles what, for many, are regarded as the ultimate expression of the ship model maker's art, the Navy Board model
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Shipwright 2010: The International Annual of Maritime Histor
"Shipwright", is the first volume in a new international annual for ship modellers
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London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter
Known collectively as the Royal Docks, the Victoria, Albert and King George V Docks formed the most visually impressive section of the Port of London, a sprawling network of quays, ancient wharves, deep canals and high-walled basins that stretched along t
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Nothing Over The Side: Examining Safe Crude Oil Tankers
A careful look at the crude oil tanker industry
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Ben Line
One of Scotlands premier cargo liner companies is the subject of our latest book
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QM2: The World's Greatest Ocean Liner, Round Britain Commemo
This 5th Anniversary souvenir publication marks QM2's 2009 Round Britain Commemorative Voyage
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Aquitania - Cunard''s Greatest Dream - The Ship Beautiful -
Les Streater has considerably expanded his 1997 edition of this book to 156 pp plus two fold -out double-page plates
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Canadian Empresses: Vol 1
The author is never one to shy away from huge tasks
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Richard Dunston Ltd of Thorne & Hessle, Yorkshire Shipbuilde
More than 200 photographs in the book trace the developments that occurred during the twentieth century in Richard Dunston's shipbuilding yards at Thorne, near Doncaster, and Hessle, near Hull
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Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters
A compendium of losses of ships around the world larger than 500 gross tons
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Images of Warsash and the Hamble River: 1790-2009
A popular and well-known local figure in Warsash, Bryan Woodford has become a successful author for the second time
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Masters Under God: A History of the British Merchant Navy (V
Masters Under God, volume 3 of Richard Woodman's history of the British Merchant Navy, covers the period 1816 to 1884, from the end of the Napoleonic War to the date when the first steamships were able to reach Australia, then in the throes of a great emi
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