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Verlag: Gallagher Marine Systems, 2016
ISBN 10: 0986209465ISBN 13: 9780986209468
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 346 pages. 6.00x0.94x9.00 inches. In Stock.
Verlag: Gallagher Marine Systems, Moorestown, NJ, 2015
ISBN 10: 0986209465ISBN 13: 9780986209468
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xv, [3], 19-343, [5] pages. Illustrations. About the Author. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads Michael Crye Best Regards John J. Gallagher. This is believed to be the Michael Crye who was a lawyer and long time lobbyist for the cruise industry, working for the cruise industry's trade organization, the Cruise Lines International Association ("CLIA"). Mr. Crye used to be the president of the old International Council of Cruise Lines. John "Jack" J. Gallagher was a pioneer of the maritime environmental services industry. He contributed to the development of many of the tools of the industry including the U.S. Navy's inflatable oil boom, held dozens of patents, was involved in most of the major oil spills since 1973, helped shape the regulations for the industry, was the founding Director of the Center for Marine Environmental Protection at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, founded Gallagher Marine Systems, a maritime environmental consulting firm, and authored his life story, Oil Spill Jack. He was also an attorney, specializing in admiralty and patent law, and an aeronautical engineer, serving in the U.S. Air Force as an aircraft maintenance officer during the 1950's in France. Once a generation a person comes along who changes the way things are done. That is Jack Gallagher, a larger than life character unafraid to step on the deck of a foundering ship, amidst pounding seas and find a way to oversee her salvage. This is a true story told in Jack's own words of an industry at a time when ships grew to be the Super tankers and enormous containerships of today. When the threats to both life and the environment from the enormous forces of the sea loom over the enormous vessels, which today carry the food and energy and goods which make our world go around, it took a special breed of man and company to meet those challenges. This is Jack's story and the story of so many men and women and companies who invented modern big ship salvage and environmental response. From the pristine waters of Alaska and the Exxon Valdez to the oil sodden Persian Gulf after the first Gulf war to every coastline of America, where big ships came to grief, the creative, fearless hand of Jack Gallagher and the world of brave and ingenious salvors fill these pages.