COAL CARRIAGE BY SEA
Written by Philip Rogers, John Strange, Brian Studd
Published by Llp
in 1997
ISBN: 185978108X
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COAL CARRIAGE BY SEA
Written by Philip Rogers, John Strange, Brian Studd.
Stock no. 1601197
1997.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition.
Second Edition. Glazed boards. B/w photos, maps, tables and diagrams. 286 pages including index. ISBN: 185978108X. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (possibly by one of the authors).
Front cover
Contents
- PART I OVERVIEW: COAL CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION AND TRADE
- Chapter 1 Coal consumption, production and trade
- Commercial types of coal
- 1. Energy production and general consumption
- 2. Steel production
- 3. Electricity generation
- Coal trade
- Pattern of trade
- Chapter 2 Major coal producers
- Australia
- North America
- 1. USA
- 2. Canada
- Poland
- Chapter 3 Major consumers - patterns of demand
- Europe
- Japan
- Chapter 4 Major exporters
- Australia
- USA
- Canada
- Poland
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- Other Exporters
- Chapter 5 The importers
- Japan
- Power station coal trade
- PART II CARRIAGE OF COAL
- Chapter 6 The ships employed to carry coal
- History of the bulk carrier
- Combination carriers
- Self-discharging bulk carriers
- Engines for bulk carriers
- The relationship between speed and consumption
- Tonnage
- Refrerence for chapter 6
- Chapter 7 Problems concerned with the carriage of coal
- Problems related to the ships
- Problems related to carrying coal
- Conclusions
- Chapter 8 The loading, carrying and discharging of coal
- Loadlines
- Strength of ships
- Cargo handling systems
- Stowage factors for coal
- Measurement of coal cargoes
- Reference for chapter 8
- Chapter 9 Chartering
- Types of charter
- 1. Voyage charter
- 2. Consecutive voyage
- 3. Part charter
- 4. Time or period charter
- 5. Time or trip charter
- 6. Bareboat (demise) charter
- 7. Contracts of affreightment (COA)
- The decision whether to time or voyage charter a ship
- Charter party forms
- Charter party forms used in the coal trade
- Time charters
- References for chapter 9
- PART III ORIGINS, PROPERTIES, UTILISATION AND EVALUATION OF COAL
- SECTION I ORIGINSL, PROPERTIES AND UTILISATION OF COAL
- Chapter 10 Origins
- Formation
- Mining
- Composition
- General Classification
- Chapter 11 The petrographic classification of coal
- Application to coking coal
- The production of coke
- Chapter 12 The industrial utilisation of coal
- Steel industry
- Power generation
- Cement production
- SECTION 2 THE EVALUATION OF COALS
- Chapter 13 Theoretical and practical considerations
- Chapter 14 Principles of sampling of coal
- General sampling procedures
- Time and place
- Number of sample increments
- Devising a sampling scheme
- Chapter 15 Manual sampling
- Sampling from a stationary belt
- Sampling from a falling stream
- Sampling from railway wagons or road trucks
- Sampling from a crane grab
- Sampling from a ship
- Sampling from a stockpile
- Chapter 16 Mechanical sampling
- Testing for bias
- Chapter 17 Analysis
- Sample preparation
- Total moisture content
- Sizing
- Analysis procedures
- Proximate analysis
- Ultimate analysis
- Calorific value
- Hardgrove Grindability Index
- Crucible swelling number
- PART IV TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
- Chapter 18 Problems and dangers
- Spontaneous combustion
- Frozen coal
- Chapter 19 The role of the cargo superintendent in coal transportation
- Claims
- Appendices:
- Appendix 1 Seaborne coal trade matrics 1980/1985/1990/1995
- Appendix 2 IMO code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes
- Appendix B: Coal
- Appendix 3 Draft surveying
- Appendix 4 IMO Ship/Shore Safety Checklist
- Index