Fast and graceful, reefer ships have always stood out from the other cargo ships plying the world’s sea lanes.
This magnificently illustrated book looks at the evolution of pure refrigerated ships and fruit ships, and at the histories and fleets of the major owners involved in the reefer trades, including Lauritzen, Salen, Maritime Fruit Carriers, P&O, Blue Star, Geest, Seatrade, United Fruit and Fyffes.
Enhancing the value of this book as an indispensable volume for anyone with an interest in merchant shops are fleet lists for the major classes and the significant designs, and an index of nearly a 1,000 ships. The book also includes more than 350 mostly previously unpublished black and white and colour photographs, plans and profile drawings.