Salvage - A Personal Odyssey (eBook)

Ian Tew (Autor)

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2018
296 Seiten
Sheridan House (Verlag)
978-1-57409-358-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This gripping memoir by salvage Captain Ian Tew recounts the danger and glory that salvage crews face every day as fight to save huge ships from distress, whether the 'casualty' ships be on fire, filled with combustible fluids, or in the midst of a war zone.

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No cure, no pay- those are the terms under which a salvor operates, and in doing so he takes on an onerous responsibility. If he is defeated by the elements he is not paid. He receives nothing, however much money, effort, sweat and tears he has put in. Salvage is not a business for the faint-hearted.Ian Tew joined Selco Salvage of Singapore in 1974, and spent over a decade on the front line. Already an experienced master mariner, he learnt the salvage trade in the busy waters of the Far East before rising to command some of the worlds largest supertugs, eventually becoming a roving salvage master. In his odyssey he roamed the world, from the coast of Cornwall to the Southern Ocean, from the Gulf of Suez to the dangerous reefs of the South China Sea.This is a vivid account of those ten tough years - successes, failures, tows and rescues - a barge adrift in a hurricane in the English Channel - a freighter aground on a reef hundreds of miles from land with a tropical storm approaching - a trawler battered by the surf on a coral reef, its bottom ripped out - a tanker hit by a missile in the Gulf during the Tanker War of the 1980s.The tugs themselves play a big part in the story, as do the crews and captains the author worked with. This gripping account of drama at sea is a tribute to the seamanship, courage and resourcefulness of the salvor, and an insight into the technical, commercial and human issues behind the headlines.

Autor

Ian Tew was born into a seafaring family in 1943. He learnt to sail by the age of seven, and went on to become chief officer with the Indo-China Steam Navugation Companty and Bank Line before joining Selco Salvage in 1974. After many years in salvage he went ashore in 1991 to run a small business, and then in 1997-2001 hew sailed around the world in the yacht IndependentFreedom. Ian's account of his round-the-world voyage was published as Sailing in Grandfather's Wake.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgementsProloguePart I - Salvage Apprenticeships1. Singapore2. Friedrich Engels3. Nienburg4. DamarPart II - Salvaliant5. Oilfield work and a rough passage6. Sophie B: One that got away7. Barge Salvage report, Iran8. Volosko: A difficult tow9. A day off the coast of India10. Majmaa II and Pacificoeverett: A leper colony in the Laccadives11. Universal King: First ship in the new port of Mogadishu12. Mahavel: Failing on Europa Island13. Ville de Mahebourg: A first in the Southern Ocean14. Citta di Savona: Collision in Singapore Harbour15. Barge Pastee: Looting and riots in ColomboPart III - Salvanguard16. Mare: 'Please I follow you to Aden'17. Global Mariner: 10,000 tons of grain for the starving18. Safina-e-Najam: Dangerous reefs in the South China Sea19. Jane Stove: A sleepless nightPart IV - Salviscount20. Actuality: Storm in the Bristol Channel21. Intermac 600: Adrift off the Lizard22. Last independent command Part V - Salvage Master23. San Juan: Salvage in Egypt24. Gay Fidelity: Ablaze and sinking in the Red Sea25. Blue Express: Patched up in Trincomalee26. Wind Enterprise: Aground in the Persian Gulf27. Al Ahood: War zone

Rezensionen

Here is an inside look into the world of salvage; the heroic work and sterling seamanship that makes this such an adventurous career. It is a well-written look into that shaded world of No Cure, No Pay! This adventure on the high seas is all true, and will take you where, hopefully, you won't meet the author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.3.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 155 Illustrations including: - 140 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 15 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Deutschland
• ISBN-10: 1-57409-358-4 / 1574093584
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57409-358-2 / 9781574093582