From Baird Maritime:

This book presents a collection of papers arising from the Second International Colloquium on “Maritime Liabilities” held in the United Kingdom in 2006. The event was organised by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University which is headed by the Editor.

The resulting book is a wide ranging and comprehensive review of current international maritime law. Its authors comprise noted academic and practicing maritime lawyers with a vast amount of experience among them.

Importantly, the context is both current and global in scope. This makes it of considerable value to both maritime law practitioners and shipowning executives irrespective of where they operate.

Am important and refreshingly clearly presented work.

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It is hard to believe that Lloyds MIU has been able to dredge up 30 new ports to add to the more than 2,800 already on their database. Anyway, they have and they are reflected in this latest edition of this massive directory.

Being of similar size and weight to three house bricks, this three volume work, with an accompanying CD containing the same material, presents an enormous amount of useful material. It also consumes an enormous amount of paper – read trees – and really ought to be presented on the Web.

That complaint aside, LLPW is a magnificent work of research that is practically indispensable to ship owners, managers and shippers. As well as presenting all the important data describing almost 2,900 ports, it contains vast amount of information on port statistics and voyage distances. There is even a very interesting editorial overview of the global port business.

A wonderful resource but one that should move to a new medium.

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A very important and most welcome book which most mariners would hope would not be necessary. It is a strange paradox of modern seafaring that collisions have become so common despite the best efforts of so many.

As with ever present passenger vessel accidents of all kinds, collisions between ships and boats are increasingly common.

The ever alert, indeed, prescient, Nautical Institute conducted a survey into the problem. This found that the problem lay with the culture of the maritime industry, as most of us would expect.

That survey inspired this excellent book which benefits from a combined oriental/occidental approach.

A very valuable work that should be read and very carefully digested by all who go to sea.

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By marines, of course, this book refers to the US Marines, America’s seaborne shock troops who have played such an important part in so many battles over so many years.

This is one of a series of similar books describing the components of America’s armed forces. Its interest to readers of this review lies in the maritime connection.

Beautifully and extensively illustrated, the book very comprehensively describes the history of the US Marines since their establishment as a separate and independent branch of the US Navy 230 years ago until their current activities in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A comprehensive and well presented history of an important fighting force.

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