Best endeavours
Subtitle: inside the world of marine salvage
By: Tony Redding
Contributors: International Salvage Union
Publisher: ABR Co.; International Salvage Union
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bradford Leigh, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK; [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781904050094
Subjects: Salvage; History; Sauvetage en mer; Histoire; Transport maritime; Accidents; Sauvetage; Etudes de cas
Notes: Includes ship and product index.
Table of contents: title: Strange but true; title: Ships that go bang in the night; title: Epic voyages; title: Typhoons and other natural perils; title: In time of war; title: Exocets and other projectiles; title: Salvors under fire; title: A matter of courage; title: The deep six; title: Oil on the beach; title: Chemical cocktails; title: The art of persuasion; title: Fire at sea; title: Ships that go bump in the night; title: Flora and fauna; title: Big lifts; title: An eye for a bargain; title: Close calls; title: Back from the brink; title: Remote and difficult locations; title: A matter of luck; title: Spheres and other devices; title: Hard aground; title: Leper of the sea; title: The politics of salvage; title: Confronting the extraordinary; title: A brush with the authorities; title: Marine catastrophes; title: Salvage with an audience; title: Ships without a future; title: The will to win.