Babicz Dictionary of Marine Technology

book summary

Am essential dicitionary for anyone involved in ship design, classification, building and survey, operation, maintenance and ship repairs.
A must for translators and students at Technical Universities and Maritime Academics.
There are a lot of new rules and regulations issued by IMO and Authorities to ensure safer shipping. However, safety at sea depends on many factors. The last but not least is the good knowledge of proffesional maritime English. This knowledge is significant at all the stages: during the ship design, construction and operation.
Poor English will always cause problems; a badly written Contract or Specification can be the reason for costly misuderstanding and troublesome delays. How can we expect a proper operation of complicated systems and devices if their technical manuals are difficult to understand?
We believe the improvement of proffesional marine English in design offices, shipyards and onboard ships is a very important factor of maintaining safety at sea, and this dictionary was intended as a contribution in this hughe task.
CONTENTS:
About the book
Dictionary
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Types of Civil Ship
Picture Dictionary