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Shipping News and information / Re: "Costa Concordia" - Follow the salvage operation live on webcam!

« on: September 18, 2013, 12:06:18 AM »

I think her hull is pretty knackered. Magnificent work to parbuckle her without breaking her but I think they may need to cut the upper decks off in situ before attempting to re-float. You can easily see the damage above the water line but this will continue below to a lesser extent. The rear also appears a bit droopy - maybe hog backed although some of this is distortion.

Either way superb work by the salvers so far.

Lets hope they can find the missing people soon and return them to the families.

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Shipping News and information / Re: The growing size of cruise ships

« on: January 17, 2012, 12:29:34 AM »

Is there anyone who is really surprised that Costa Crociere did not and does not know anything about such hazardous manoeuvres and that there's only one person to blame, the captain?

Non vedo, non sento, non parlo... I see nothing, I hear nothing, I say nothing...

Isn't that my point - in this day and age the owners of the vessel have access to AIS data in real time.

From the BBC news tonight, I saw that the close passage shown in the video that I linked in my earlier post, had been authorised by Costa Crociere. It was stupid to take a 114000 ton ship that close in then, it was equally dumb on Friday.

The days of the Captain being the sole master of 'his' ship and acting in isolation really are over even if Costa Crociere might like to believe that they are not.

Either way the Captain, First Officer and Costa Crociere are going to be held to account although some of the guilty may only loose their jobs rather than their freedom.

Seano

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Shipping News and information / Re: The growing size of cruise ships

« on: January 16, 2012, 06:32:09 PM »

Its interesting how the Owners are leaving the Captain to take the wrap and disassociate themselves from the incident.

The video from last August shows that this wasn't the first time that the Island has been buzzed before by this Line (here for anyone who hasn't seen it http://video.corriere.it/nave-concordia-al-giglio-/9dfa5ea6-3e9b-11e1-8b52-5f77182bc574)

Surely the Owners have a duty of care to ensure that their vessels are not being 'misused' in this way by studying AIS data plots.

Seano