BEANCAKER TO BOXBOAT
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES IN CHINESE WATERS

AUTHOR - H.W. Dick and S.A. Kentwell

PUBLICATION - The Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Canberra 1988

CONDITION - Fine condition. Dustwrapper near fine apart from slight bumping top and bottom of spine, and small repaired rent in middle of spine. A heavy book.

PRICE - $100

DESCRIPTION - Of all the seas conquered by steamships in the 19th century, none has exercised such fascination as those around the China Coast. Apart from all natural and man-made hazards, the unique institutions of the treaty ports and extraterritoriality, the omni-present gunboats, the dynamic interplay of western and Chinese business, and the richness of life ashore made it a world of its own. After 1949, but for Hong Kong, it was a world that had disappeared. Some of the smaller China Coast companies soon became defunct. The big names such as Jardines and Swires, however, diversified into regional and deepsea liner operators and eventually made the transition to the age of containerships and bulk carriers. Nor were the Chinese firms very far behind. The venerable China Merchant S.N. Co. still survives as Yang-ming, while the relative newcomer in C.Y. Tung has today become one of the main containership and tanker operators in the world. China has had its revenge.

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