Hello Janneke, I don't want to play the guy who never agrees but again I will do, I must apologize for this ! Things are alaways more...
Angel, I am sharing the opinion already mentioned in this thread in previous posts that the fin has not been hit because the vessel was in...
Hello Janneke, Sorry but I disagree with your hypothesis and for many reasons. I would like to mention some of them here after. After...
Very interesting. Thank you. Francois-Xavier Nettersheim
Thank you very much Daiquiri for the info and the traduction ! I understand that the engine officer was in the engine control room which is his...
Is there any information about which engine room compartment(s) exactly has(have) been flooded ? Main engines (main electrical generators, for...
Your question regarding SOLAS 2009 (probabilistic damage stability rules which is now the "standard" for vessels built after 01/01/2009) is quite...
Hello Guillermo, I have not seen anything in the previous post regarding this matter. According to the delivery time the vessel has been...
I disagree with the theory of re-start of some gensets (main engines) down below and then supplly electrical energy to bow thrusters, but...
For correct analysis we must keep in mind the situation just after collision with the rocks. Many engine compartments have been flooded and the...
Generally speaking : Port position is for the officier of the watch. Starboard one is for the captain when present on the bridge. + one AB...
Excellent, thanks ! But it's a lot of work... So many people have already tried to improve things for now 100 years... FXN
This is normal stuff for officers of the watch ... They are trained for that... The issue is that you have not to be 200 m of rocks if you are...
Basically the vessel should sink more or less vertical and in a certain time. The problem is the extent of the theoretical damage used in the...
Definitively true...
According to the SOLAS rules (International rules from IMO), life-boats on passenger vessels should not e installed at more than 15 meters from...
Powerabout, may be you have definitely summarized things... The classification societies are "ruling" everything including IMO you are right....
As a contribution to this very interesting thread, I would like to say : 1) passenger vessels are built under two sets of international rules...
Regarding post 222, passenger vessels are fitted with compulsory internal communication systems. One of them is the public adress (PA) which...
I can reply with my limited french experience (even if acquired on international business). On big cruise vessels or large passenger ro-ro...
