for shipboard & maritime operations

UVA Library has been acquiring new digital content right & left. On my to-do list before I leave has been downloading records & getting a handle of what's where to pass on to Janis. One of those databases is Referex Engineering from Elsevier, where I happened upon this title:

Seamanship techniques : for shipboard & maritime operations / D.J. House. (2004)

Contents: The ship -- Anchor work (fundamentals) -- Ropework -- Wirework and rigging -- Lifting gear -- Cargo and hatchwork -- Boatwork and life saving appliances -- Survival craft and practice -- Communications -- Watchkeeping duties -- Marine instruments monitoring and measurement -- Meteorology -- Preventing collisions at sea -- Emergencies -- Fire-fighting -- Search and rescue operations -- Ship-handling - equipment -- Ship-handling - manoeuvring and mooring operations -- Tanker operations -- The application of MARPOL and the prevention of pollution.

Looks like I've got some reading to do ...