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Contents: Basic ship types (solid hull, vertical loading, conventional ship) (solid hull, vertical load, container ship) (bow loading types) (stern loading types) (side loading types) (a study in the design of a ship from a cargo handling standpoint) (cargo submarine); Ship features affecting cargo handling (size and shape of hatches) (the all-hatch ship) (types of hatch covers) (horizontal rolling wing deck) (removable wing decks); Shipboard handling - vertical (derrick crane) (revolving cranes) (gantry crane) (elevator) (elevating conveyor) (vertical handling by fork lift trucks) (chutes); Shipboard handling - horizontal (manual handling) (fork lift trucks) (tractor trailer trains) (overhead monorail) (under deck bridge crane) (rail tracks); Characteristics of cargo (effects of size and weight) (handling characteristics of cargo) (comparative costs of break bulk, palletized and containerized cargo) (pallet systems) (container handling systems) (other unitizing methods); Sources of information and references.