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1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Abbreviations; Terminology and Definitions Associated with Marine Emergencies; 1 Collision (Ship to Ship) at Sea; Introduction; Collision: Immediate Effects; Impact Damage; Legal Actions of the Master (Under the Merchant Shipping Act); General Actions Following Initial Response to a Collision; Incorporation and Use of Checklists; Communications Following a Collision; Voyage Data Recorder (Black Box Recorder); Note of Protest |
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The Role of the Ship's Chief Officer (in the Aftermath of Collision)Collision Patch Construction; Collision Patch Materials; Port of Refuge; Port of Refuge and General Average; Damage Control Parties; Passenger Ship Collision; Tanker Collision; Collision: Typical Damage/Repair Assessment (Hypothetical); Summary; 2 Taking the Ground: Grounding, Beaching, Stranding and Docking; Introduction; Running Aground; Incident Report: Loss of the Riverdance; Incident Report: MSC Napoli (Container Vessel); Beaching; Grounding/Beaching Summary; Case Study: Running Aground; Immediate Actions |
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Soundings and Use of Lead LineEmergency Dry Docking; 3 The Lee Shore and the Use of Emergency Anchors; Introduction; What is the Lee Shore?; Loss of Steering; Steering Gear Operations; Lee Shore: Loss of Main Engine Power; Master's Options; Relevant Anchor Work; Example Stern/Kedge Anchor; Kedge Anchor; Chain Cable/Stud Link: General Information; Heavy Weather Encounter; Case Study: The Loss of the M.V. Braer (89,730 dwt); 4 Fire on Board; Introduction; The Outbreak of Fire on Board the Ship; Fire Support Units; Fire Parties; Firefighting Teams; CO2 Maintenance |
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Security against Accidental Release of CO2Example Fires; Case Incident; 5 Abandonment; Introduction; Loss of the Ship; The Aftermath of the Herald of Free Enterprise; The Loss of Costa Concordia, Passenger Cruise Ship; Abandonment Psychology; Passenger Behaviour; Incident Report; Exposure to Risk; Evacuation by Free Fall Lifeboat; Totally Enclosed Lifeboats; Maintenance Programme for Life Saving Appliances; Evacuation by Inflatable Liferaft; Evacuation by Davit-Launched Liferaft; The Role of Rescue Boats in Abandonment; Rescue Boat Operations; Example Liferaft Operations |
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Evacuation by Means of Marine Evacuation SystemsShipboard Emergency Drills; Evacuation by Helicopter; Helicopter Operations; Helicopter/Shipboard Operations; Surface-to-Air Medical Evacuation (MediVac); Helicopter Hi-Line Capabilities; Helicopter Incident Report; Miscellaneous Facts (Related to an Abandonment Situation); 6 Marine Pollution; Introduction; Terminology and Definitions affecting Tanker and Gas Carrier Vessels; Pollutants Other than Oils; The Causes of Maritime Pollution; The Design of the Oil Tanker; Oil Tankers; Pipeline Connections; Anti-Pollution Measures; Oil Spills |
| Summary |
An influential guide to maritime emergencies and the current strategies that can be employed to cope with the immediate after effects and ramifications of disaster at sea. Many mariners will at some point in their maritime careers become involved in one sort of emergency or another, while in port or at sea, whether it is a fire on board, a collision with another vessel or an engine failure threatening a lee shore. Actions to take in such incidents can be the difference between survival and catastrophic loss. This text provides a direct insight into some of the latest incidents and inc |
| Notes |
Exxon Valdez, 23 March 1989 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ships -- Safety measures.
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Merchant marine -- Safety measures.
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Marine accidents.
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Ships -- Fires and fire prevention.
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Seamanship.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Marine accidents
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Merchant marine -- Safety measures
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Seamanship
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Ships -- Fires and fire prevention
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Ships -- Safety measures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317673163 |
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1317673166 |
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