Disasters at Sea: Titanic to Exxon Valdez

Written by an internationally recognized expert on ship casualties, the book has attracted wide interest in the shipping industry, but it is also written for a general audience. It is an account of 22 different ship casualties with an examination of their causes & consequences. The former managing director of British Petroleum Shipping Company, G.A.B. King writes: "Cahill's strictures are formidably near the mark & his analysis & conclusions should be required reading for every responsible person in the international shipping industry." Not only does Captain Cahill write with authority, the book is also eminently readable. Robert Heilbroner, Professor Emeritus in Economics at The New School for Social Review says "Richard Cahill's book reads like a series of adventure detective stories." Rear-Admiral Paul Krinsky, superintendent of the US Merchant Marine Academy writes: "Captain Cahill analyzes marine disasters through the eyes of a seasoned master mariner. His vivid descriptions of heavy weather at sea & the struggles by mariners are riveting! This is a book well worth reading by all interested in ships & the sea."Cahill, Richard A. is the author of 'Disasters at Sea: Titanic to Exxon Valdez', published 1991 under ISBN 9780963001894 and ISBN 0963001892.