= According to my suggestion in this case sea routes are getting busier day by day as the number of sailing ships is continuously increasing. Technology advancement has helped large ships to sail at amazing speeds. But with an increase in traffic and speed, the risk of accidents has also increased drastically. Ship collision is a kind of marine accident that results from a ship crashing into a still or floating object. Ship collision cases can be a ship to ship, ship to floating object, ship to submarine or ship to still structure collisions. We all have heard about the historic accident of the collison of the ship Titanic to an Iceberg. It was a ship to floating object type of collision.
Collision can also be defined as the change in structural
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Maritime Ship collisions have been the reason for many major sea accidents in the past, apart from other accidents such as ship grounding.The after effects of a ship collision on marine and human life are immeasurable . The ship involved in a collision suffers from heavy structural and stability damage.Collision is a result of sheer human error. Amateur maneuvering and loose presence of mind of the master, pilot or navigational officer during the time of
1. Inform the Master and Engine room: This is obvious, but make sure you inform the Master, if he is not on bridge. Inform the engine room and stop the engine. The officer on watch should not hesitate to call the master even if he has the slightest doubt about any given situation. (The decision to stop the engine would depend on the severity of the accident and immediate action to be taken.)
Master’s experience, knowledge and his overriding authority helps in making quick and bold decisions to save lives. Once the master takes over the command of the situation, act on his orders. Mark the position of collision on chart or by pressing the mob button on GPS for future reference. Exhibit NOT UNDER COMMAND (NUC) signal if the ship has lost its headway
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Check For Oil Spill: If any of the fuel tanks or oil tank is damaged and if there is imminent danger of oil spill. The procedures mentioned in SOPEP plan should be followed to contain the oil spill. Read : How to avoid oil spills on ships?
9. Reach The Nearest Port, If Possible: If the master attempts to correct adverse list or trim, he should consider the effects of shear force, bending movements, free surface effect when transferring liquids and blasting and de-blasting on the hull. If the own ship to be afloat without danger and engines are ready to maneuver, set course for the nearest port for repair. All the above mentioned duties have to be carried out in a very quick sequence and with utmost precision as collision can lead to other emergencies simultaneously.
10. Abandon The Ship Only if Everything Else Fails: If the own vessel appears to be sinking and leaving no other choice except to abandon the vessel, it should be a verbal order from the master. It should be always kept in mind that a ship is the best lifeboat. The master and crew should always try and carry out all necessary means to keep it afloat. But once the decision is made to abandon the vessel, no time should be wasted. All crew should carry out their duties effectively and escape from the sinking ship as quickly and as far away as
Abrashoff shares the valuable management skills he developed and effectively illustrates examples of how one can translate the same success in today’s businesses. Highlighting key concepts such as: see the ship through the eyes of the crew, communicate purpose and meaning, lead by example, and build up your people. The vivid examples he uses from his naval history make the reading interesting while educational. It’s Your Ship is a great book for any manager wanting to learn more on effective ways to better manage his employees.
Ship out to sea – had doubts but sent it out anyways (avoided error). James belief would react differently following the method of knowing the truth- which could have drove to the decision of either (passionate about either the welfare of the passengers or the destination of the cargo) depending on ones individual ethic. Despite the doubts of the boats safety- ship owner muted the ideas with past events of successful trips-on insufficient evidence. The authority of the mechanic over the authority of communal rumors.
Imagine you’re peacefully sailing along on a giant cruise liner in the middle of the ocean. But suddenly, you feel a shaking and the boat starts to tip. But how could this be? This boat is supposed to be unsinkable. People run to the far side of the boat, trying to avoid impending doom. Panic sets in aboard the Titanic. There are many theories of the cause of this loss of life, but I believe that the primary cause of catastrophic loss of life on the Titanic was the poor communication between crew members because a critical iceberg warning was never delivered to the captain, the Titanic was traveling at full speed in an ice field, and the captain of the ship was very relaxed about the iceberg, making it not seem like a threat.
Including that the ship's steel plates were excessively weak for the close solidifying Atlantic waters, that the effect made bolts pop and the extension joints fizzled, among others. Technological parts of the calamity aside, Titanic's downfall has gone up against a more profound, practically mythic. Many view the disaster as a profound quality play about the threats of human hubris: Titanic's makers trusted they had fabricated a resilient ship that couldn't be crushed by the laws of nature. The shock was driven not slightest by the survivors themselves; even while they were on board Carpathia on their approach to New York, Beesley and different survivors resolved to stir popular conclusion to defend sea go later on and composed an open letter to The Times encouraging changes to sea security laws. In places nearly connected with the Titanic, the feeling of misery was
The tragic history of the Titanic, the sinking of the “unsinkable” giant of a ship shocked the entire world and contributed to important shifts in the mass consciousness of the people who lived at that period and assessed the achievements of new technologies and their role. However, one would have been hardly able to predict in 1912 that this tragedy, no matter how significant and meaningful, would leave such a deep imprint on the history of human civilization. The continuing interest in the fate of the great vessel has taken the form of various narrations and given rise to numerous myths enveloping the true history and, in this way, often obscuring the facts related to the tragedy. In recent years, this interest has been emphasized by the dramatic discovery of the wreck and examination of its remains. The recovery of artifacts from the Titanic and the exploration of the site where it had sank stimulated new speculations on different issues of the failure to rescue the Titanic and the role of different factors contributing to the disaster. These issues have been traditionally in the focus of discussions that caused controversies and ambiguous interpretations of various facts. They also often overshadowed other parts of the disaster story that were confirmed by statistical data and revealed the impact of social realities. The social stratification of passengers that reflected the social realities of the period and its class interests determined the chances of survival, with most of those perished in the Titanic disaster having been lower class individuals.
Millions of people have heard about the massive ship that claimed to be ¨unsinkable¨ (Callery 14). The ship exploded with excitement and hope for the passengers. Travelers from various different lifestyles and incomes came together for one purpose, to glide across the ocean one wave at a time. Passengers onboard the Titanic had no idea what they would encounter or the fame that would come out of this already famous ship. No one expected the tragedy that would take place in the middle of the ocean. The structure, passengers, and the sinking of the Titanic made it one of the most famous ships of the twentieth century.
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?
...ransportation and navigation challenge: Experts had made judgment related to sea behavior, weather condition. However navigation and transporting 19 precast segments at different open sea location in 24 hrs was a challenge.
The Titanic was the largest ship ever built back in the year of 1912. With the ship weighing 46,000 tons and almost 900 feet long it was deemed to be unsinkable. On April 12, 1912, the ship pulled away from the dock with 2,200 passengers of all different classes from rich to poor. On its maiden voyage, tragedy struck when it hit an iceberg along its travel. How did this ship that was declared to be unsinkable sink exactly? Human factors and the way the ship was built caused the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic.
The Titanic began to turn, but it was too close and too heavy to avoid a collision. The ship's side scraped along the iceberg. At least five of its supposedly watertight com...
Fear has taken a hold of every man aboard this ship, as it should; our luck is as far gone as the winds that led us off course. For nights and days gusts beyond measure have forced us south, yet our vessel beauty, Le Serpent, stays afloat. The souls aboard her, lay at the mercy of this ruthless sea. Chaotic weather has turned the crew from noble seamen searching for glory and riches, to whimpering children. To stay sane I keep the holy trinity close to my heart and the lady on my mind. Desperation comes and goes from the men’s eyes, while the black, blistering clouds fasten above us, as endless as the ocean itself. The sea rocks our wood hull back and forth but has yet to flip her. The rocking forces our bodies to cling to any sturdy or available hinge, nook or rope, anything a man can grasp with a sea soaked hand. The impacts make every step a danger. We all have taken on a ghoulish complexion; the absence of sunlight led the weak souls aboard to fight sleep until sick. Some of us pray for the sun to rise but thunder constantly deafens our cries as it crackles above the mast. We have been out to sea for fifty-five days and we have been in this forsaken storm for the last seventeen.
The primary cause is of airplane accidents does at some stage contain an element of a person being unable to discharge his duties correctly and in an accurate manner. More than 53% accidents are the result of ignorance or faults by the pilot during flight. Other staff is responsible for about 8% accidents. The most obvious errors by pilot are made during the take off or landing on the runway. Additionally errors can occur during the maintenance of the airplane outside the plane, whereby a lack of thorough inspection and oversight can lead to complication during mid-flight. Fueling and loading of the plane also sometimes create problems (Shapiro, 2001).
Everyone thinks they know the tragic story of the RMS Titanic (Titanic). Everyone thinks they know the statistics. But there is so much more than meets the eye. Few know whose fault it was that 1,518 people died or that only 706 lived. Few know the stories behind all of these people. Few know the story of the band and their last efforts to calm the passengers. Some know of Dr. Robert Ballard and his amazing discovery. And most have seen the movie. What follows is information about “that fateful night”, “that unsinkable ship”, the mysteries that even Leonardo DiCaprio did not reveal.
Give the proper first aid greatly required at that moment, like stop the bleeding, clean & cover the wound, cool the burn with running water etc..