Building the Maritime & Port Infrastructure of Tomorrow

By Aiman JoeHanz
Listen with Sir Michael Caine™ and 1,000+ voices
Length3h 56m

About this audiobook

Building the Maritime & Port Infrastructure of Tomorrow takes the reader to the water's edge and explains the largest machine most people will ever watch: the modern port and the fleet it serves. The book opens with the ocean's own geography - the basins, the chokepoints, the counter-seasons, and the moon's tide clock - then climbs aboard the floating mountains that carry the overwhelming share of world trade, from the engine room's slow giants to the lashing cages on the open decks. It digs into the harbor's engineered calm and the terminal's crane choreography, walks the bay-row-tier addresses of the loading plan, and rides the gates, trains, barges, and ferries inland.

Audiobook details

GenreEducation and Learning
Length3 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 16, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Title Page
2Introduction
3Chapter 1: The Water — The Sea's Geography and the Trade It Carries
4Chapter 2: The Ship — Hulls, Cargoes, and the Economics of Scale
5Chapter 3: The Port — The Harbor and Its Engineered Water
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6Chapter 4: The Terminal — The Quay, the Crane, and the Yard
7Chapter 5: The Stow — The Loading Plan and the Puzzle in the Steel Bay
8Chapter 6: The Flow — Gates, Trains, and the Inland Chain
9Chapter 7: The Law — Flags, Customs, and the Paper Ocean
10Chapter 8: The People — The Pilots, the Tugs, and the Working Water
11Chapter 9: The Watch — Storms, Groundings, and the Sea's Veto
12Chapter 10: The Long Run — Green Water and the Automated Quay
13A Last Word
14About this Series
15Connect
16About the Author
17Series Info

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