Maritime Casualties

Causes and Consequences

Tuuli Messer-Bookman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2015
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-87033-641-6 (ISBN)

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Since the Titanic disaster of 1912, the horrors of major maritime casualties have prompted international conventions and domestic legislation, but the link between events and outcomes (which are often separated by many years) is rarely understood by those working in the maritime industry. This book, the only comprehensive guide to this link, sets forth the major casualties of the last hundred years and explains resulting regulatory changes. Taking a macro-level view, it describes the trends and reactions across decades, and how, over time, focus has shifted from equipment failures to people and their behaviors as the primary cause of maritime casualties. Timely and thorough, it also explores the alarming increase in the criminalization of maritime accidents, especially the relatively recent reclassification of pollution incidents as “environmental crimes.” This book offers broad insight to the history, laws, and conventions that regulate worldwide commercial maritime activity.

Capt. Tuuli Messer-Bookman has sailed over 300,000 nautical miles as a U.S. Merchant Marine officer and holds a law degree from the University of San Francisco. She is a professor in the Marine Transportation Department of the California Maritime Academy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2015
Vorwort	Robert J. Meurn
Zusatzinfo	29 color & b/w photos
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1089 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-87033-641-X / 087033641X
ISBN-13	978-0-87033-641-6 / 9780870336416
Zustand	Neuware