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Natural gas by sea : the development of a new technology / Roger Ffooks.

By: Ffooks, Roger.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Witherby, 1993Edition: 2nd edition.Description: 234 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1856090523.Subject(s): Liquefied gas carriersDDC classification: 623.8245
Contents:
How it all started -- First attempts at a solution -- Wide participation and further test work in the U.S.A -- Activities outside the U.S.A -- The role of the classification societies -- The first prototype - methane pioneer -- The second prototype - beauvais -- Cargo handling arrangements -- The first commercial lng ship -- Patents and politics -- Membranes - breakthrough -- Two more projects and a speculative ship -- The spheres -- Market prospects generate many new designs -- The imo code -- A decade of consolidation -- Projects past, present and future -- A look ahead.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 623.8245 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018204
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How it all started -- First attempts at a solution -- Wide participation and further test work in the U.S.A -- Activities outside the U.S.A -- The role of the classification societies -- The first prototype - methane pioneer -- The second prototype - beauvais -- Cargo handling arrangements -- The first commercial lng ship -- Patents and politics -- Membranes - breakthrough -- Two more projects and a speculative ship -- The spheres -- Market prospects generate many new designs -- The imo code -- A decade of consolidation -- Projects past, present and future -- A look ahead.

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