Contents

Unit I. Water Vessels Text 1A. Ships and Boats Text 1B. Ship Structure Text 1C. Classification of Ships Unit II. Passenger Ships Text 2A. Liners Text 2B. Cunard Line Shipping Company Text 2C. Short-Distance Vessels Unit III. Cargo Ships Text 3A. General Cargo Ships Text 3B. Short Historical Outline Text 3C. One-Type and Multipurpose Cargo Vessels Unit IV. Specialized Vessels Text 4A. Fishing Ships Text 4B. Salvage and Service Ships Text 4C. Research Vessels and Pleasure Boats Unit V. Art of Shipbuilding Text 5A. Constructing a Ship Text 5B. Evolution of Shipbuilding Text 5C. Modern Principles of Shipbuilding Unit VI. Shipbuilding Technologies Text 6A. Technological Processes of Shipbuilding Text 6B. Hull Works Text 6C. Installations Unit VII. Shipbuilding in Belarus Text 7A. Belarusian Water Transport Text 7B. Pinsk Shipyard Text 7C. Belarusian Sea Port Unit VIII. Future Perspectives of Shipbuilding Text 8A. Ships of the Future Text 8B. Navy in the 21^st Century Text 8C. Intelligent Systems of Ship Automation Supplementary Texts Appendix Abbreviations and Symbols Some Geographical and Proper Names Vocabulary

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