Black Tide Rising: The Wreck of the Amoco Cadiz by Fairhall, David & Jordan, Philip - 1980

Andre Deutsch, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The book shows no damage the dust jacket has been price clipped by the publisher with a new price on the front fold over flap. End paper maps, book is illustrated with a scale drawing of various tankers, a map, reproduction of some documents & other maps and photographs. Indexed. An American owned Liberian registered Italian crude ship had its steering fail in bad weather in the world's most crowded shipping lanes. The disaster may have been unavoidable, but it was made a certainty by the rigidity with which the tank's captain and his would-be salvors stuck to the addition of the sea, which, the authors argue, may be inappropriate to modern ships under modern conditions and in modern dangers.But what happened at sea on 16 March 1978 is any part of the story – why was no one in France aware of the crippled supertanker which for 12 hours drifted towards the coastline that was one of the nation's great natural resources. – Dust jacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Disasters ; France; 1970s; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0233971475. ISBN/EAN: 9780233971476. Inventory No: 0272715. . 9780233971476