Freighter Captain

by Max Hardberger

A searing series of voyages into the violent, lawless underbelly of tramp shipping. Capt. Max Hardberger and his crew fought a non-stop battle against crooked charterers, treacherous agents, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964043378
• ISBN13: 9780964043374
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Pioneer Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Marine _Don't Stop the Carnival_

No book has captured the flavor and frustration of working in the Caribbean better than Freighter Captain for many years. It is a grittier, marine version of the (in)famous _Don't Stop the Carnival_, but set largely in Haiti and with a 'R' rating. It kept me up all night. You'll want to revisit this one again and again.

believeable & enjoyable read

Having spent some time on ships in the Caribbean Sea I really enjoyed this book. Much of the material rang true to me and it had an edge of reality which was very enjoyable. I didn't always agree with the actions which were taken which made the book even more believeable.

Seamy Freighter Tale

Freighter Captain is about operating an old, poorly-maintained bulk cargo freighter between the US Gulf ports and Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Honduras. It's a "tell it like it is" tale, with plenty of technical detail along with the adventure.The captain is top class professionally, if something of a wise-guy type. His deals expertly with the venal characters of the business, including the ship owner who is trying to spend as little as possible, and the shippers who are trying to cheat the governments at both ends of the voyage. There is a great portrait of a minor port in Haiti, just after the fall of Baby Doc. It's probably not for the squeamish. The heat and beauty of the tropics are the backround for encounters with thieves, thugs, filth, whores and even a witch doctor.It's a great adventure tale, one which can be read again and again.

I read it five times!

This book is great entertainment. You very rarely pick up a book so well written. The first reading I kind of skimmed it, then I found myself going back to it again and again. I liked it well enough to give it to a few friends.Captain Hardberger was a captain in the Caribbean, who saw the best and the worst - although it appears to be , mostly the worst - side of human nature , every day, as he ran cargo back and forth between the US, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.