Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of the El Faro / Rachel Slade.
By: Slade, Rachel [author]
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BookPublisher: London : 4th estate [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiv, 391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008302436 (hardback); 978008302443 (paperback).Subject(s): El Faro (Cargo ship) | Shipwrecks -- Bahamas | Merchant ships -- United States | Merchant marine -- United States | Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic OceanDDC classification: 910.916363 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 910.916363 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00162747 |
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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalisation that put the ship in harm's way.
On 1 October 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in one of the worst shipping disasters in decades. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish - until now.
Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves - whose conversations were captured by the ship's data recorder - Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade vividly depicts the officers' anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson's increasingly bizarre commands, which they knew would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping - a cutthroat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming.
A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking crew of El Faro who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit.
Includes index.
The clock is ticking -- Blount Island -- Tropical storm Joaquin -- Third mate Jeremie Riehm -- A hurricane is not a point on a map -- Second mate Danielle Randolph -- Collision course -- Hull number 670 -- Afternoon -- Captain Michael Davidson -- Question authority? -- The Jones Act -- Evening -- Night -- Necesitamos la mercancía -- Dawn -- The raging sea -- We've lost communication -- Search and rescue -- Flight to Jacksonville -- Ships don't just disappear -- Profit and loss -- The truth is out there -- How to sink a ship -- Admiral Greene clears the air -- Portrait of incompetence -- We're gonna make it -- Mission number two -- The proof is in the pudding -- Voices -- Twenty-four minutes -- Spirits.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Rachel Slade is a Boston-based journalist, writer, and editor. She was a staff writer at Boston magazine for ten years, and her writing earned her a City and Regional Magazine Award in civic journalism. She splits her time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and Rockport, Maine.