There was once a famously mean British shipowner, who, when shown the plans of his new vessel, seized a pen from his naval architect and with a few strokes, inserted six of the officers’ cabins into the space denoted on the plan as “officers’ recreation room”.
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It was the best of intentions, that sadly became mired in the mud of its own complexity. The development of lifesaving appliances, which fifty years after the loss of the Titanic appeared to have moved only at the pace of a snail, suddenly took off in the 1970s.
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I am currently in Abu Dhabi where I have had the pleasure to take part in a conference about the Maritime Environment and the role Flag states will play in the implementation of the new IMO regulations i.e the new Audit Scheme.
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There are some 64 fortunate people around today, who survived the sinking in the South Atlantic of the Canadian operated sail training ship Concordia, which it is assumed was knocked down in a squall in heavy weather. Excellent coverage of this can be found at our friends,
Sea-fever and
Amver.
Somebody did something right with their evacuation plans to ensure that the 44 students and their instructors abandoned the ship safely, as she lay on her beam ends before sinking.
Training and discipline might have helped. Top marks to their rescuers aboard the woodchip carriers Hokuetsu Delight and Crystal Pioneer, and the LNGC Sestao Knutsen, along with the co-ordinating Brazilian SAR teams, in an operation which saw the entire 64 fished out of their rafts from a sea described as…
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