Download or read book Maritime Accidents and Environmental Pollution - The X-Press Pearl Disaster written by Meththika Vithanage and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by authorities who led the team involved in accident response and damage assessment Focused on identifying plausible root causes, pitfalls in accident response, and weaknesses in current regulatory and management protocols Delivers in-depth understanding of a unique marine chemical accidental to help formulate necessary future policies and regulations related to such disasters Includes many case studies related to the accident illustrated with photos and figures that are true evidence of the disaster, the response, and the mitigation Explain and discusses key research findings in a streamlined manner understandable for a wide audience