Command Companion of Seamanship Techniques - House, David (previously a lecturer at Fleetwood Nautical College, UK)

Offers information that is needed to command posts at sea. This book discusses various aspects of shipboard management with special emphasis placed on health and safety. It shows how to respond to accidents and emergencies at sea, in the event, for example of cargo contamination, collision, and damage due to flooding, fire plus loss of life/crew.