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- catalog abstract "This volume recounts the 1978 shipwreck of the supertanker Amoco Cadiz, which polluted the Brittany coast (France) and its most productive fishing grounds. The author holds American obsession with cost effectiveness largely responsible for the disaster. He maintained the Cadiz captain, against his better judgment and fearing Standard Oil's disapproval, may have postponed emergency measures, including an SOS call, fatally delaying the salvage tug's rescue operation. In a re-creation, the author traces the disaster from the initial failure of the steering gear to the grounding of the ship and a helicopter rescue of the crew. Investigations and a trial revealed what the author considers "arrogance, expedience, presumption and complacency" on the part of the several international parties involved, all contributing an incalculable ecological toll as a result of the massive oil spill.".
- catalog contributor b1557862.
- catalog created "c1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "c1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1987.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index.".
- catalog description "The omen -- Prelude: Kharg Island to Ouessant -- The breakdown -- The perfect machine -- The three-hour wave -- The drift begins -- Succor on the high seas : antagonism and incomprehension -- The first tow -- The second tow -- The grounding -- The rescue -- The pollution -- Whose fault? The first conclusions -- The riposte -- The maritime trial of the century -- The legacy.".
- catalog description "This volume recounts the 1978 shipwreck of the supertanker Amoco Cadiz, which polluted the Brittany coast (France) and its most productive fishing grounds. The author holds American obsession with cost effectiveness largely responsible for the disaster. He maintained the Cadiz captain, against his better judgment and fearing Standard Oil's disapproval, may have postponed emergency measures, including an SOS call, fatally delaying the salvage tug's rescue operation. In a re-creation, the author traces the disaster from the initial failure of the steering gear to the grounding of the ship and a helicopter rescue of the crew. Investigations and a trial revealed what the author considers "arrogance, expedience, presumption and complacency" on the part of the several international parties involved, all contributing an incalculable ecological toll as a result of the massive oil spill.".
- catalog extent "254 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Superwreck.".
- catalog identifier "0688069541".
- catalog isFormatOf "Superwreck.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "c1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W. Morrow,".
- catalog relation "Superwreck.".
- catalog spatial "France Brittany.".
- catalog subject "Amoco Cadiz (Ship)".
- catalog subject "G530.A2365 C48 1987".
- catalog subject "Oil spills France Brittany.".
- catalog subject "Shipwrecks France Brittany.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The omen -- Prelude: Kharg Island to Ouessant -- The breakdown -- The perfect machine -- The three-hour wave -- The drift begins -- Succor on the high seas : antagonism and incomprehension -- The first tow -- The second tow -- The grounding -- The rescue -- The pollution -- Whose fault? The first conclusions -- The riposte -- The maritime trial of the century -- The legacy.".
- catalog title "Superwreck : Amoco Cadiz ; the shipwreck that had to happen / Rudolph Chelminski.".
- catalog type "text".