SeaBlameworthiness
From the sinkings of the El Faro to the Andrea Doria, with dozens of similar maritime tragedies in between, the vague explanation of human error has been cited as the reason for the tragedies. For the first time, a 40-year safety consultant challenges much of that causation theory as too simple.The captain and crew, too often, in modern maritime history have become the scapegoats for far deeper failures of ship design, ship inspection and maintenance, shipping timetables, mechanical deficiencies, poor ship construction, overloading, improper loading, and delayed ship replacement, among myriad other circumstances. A common thread of greed, hub…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-386-45550-9
- EAN: 9781386455509
- Produktnummer: 31202453
- Verlag: Richard Hughes
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 12'632 KB
Über den Autor
Richard Hughes recently closed his 24-seat safety training center on Cape Cod to become a retired student of modern worldwide shipping operations. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Transportation, then obtained a Masters Degree in Business from Lesley University. While at MMA, he sailed on the Bay State, the CV Lightning, and the TS Mobil Lube. He has also written Bringing Down the Safety Guy, and Hazard Elimination Inc.--a series of novels about safety mishaps. He has written two screenplays entitled Training Ship and Plimsoll. He lives in Falmouth, MA, with his wife Lavinia.
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