Modern Marine Salvage

Authored by a man with extensive experience in salvage operations, this is a comprehensive treatment of ship salvage in all its aspects, but it is written in plain language and the mathematics included is four-function arithmetic and basic algebra. In the early chapters the foundation for a discussion of salvage is laid with an introduction to the concepts of marine salvage and an explanation of how the parties involved in a salvage operation relate. The details of ship constuction and how naval architecture pertains to possible later salvage of a ship are explained, and the types of casualties are described: beaching, rescue towing, strandings, sinkings, wreck removals, collisions, fires, explosions, and spills of oil and other hazardous substances.

In subsequent chapters, the fine points of surveys, salvage plans and processes, rigging, restoring buoyancy, lifting, machinery and equipment used in salvage, cargo handling, and the special aspects related to salvage of tankers are discussed in complete detail.

Casualty management is also covered in this exhaustive work. The book's appendices provide the means for making the calculations required for salvage work, the necessary salvage contracts, and sample forms and checklists for all possible situations.