Which way do cabin doors swing? I assume inward since swinging into a corridor can be a hazard. When a ship lists severely it must be nearly...
Thanks, I'm beginning to understand. With such a heavy cargo load there was no room for ballast weight or they would have exceeded the 3794 "load...
The incident occurred almost 12 hours into a 14 hour trip of 250 miles. They must have made a great many course adjustments in the first 12...
Sorry, I read through this again and understand that some voyages may have been without general cargo. It makes sense actually. Return voyages...
Are you saying a container of lead ingots would be loaded and shipped for the same cost as a container of feathered boas?
This is a news story, not facts, which all of us should understand. This is food for thought, but I will wait for the facts to come out after...
Damn, this is depressing.
Sewol The more I read about this disaster I begin to understand the enormous task before the prosecutors and investigators. Everyone seems to...
I've read the crew size was 29 and 30, from different sources, of which 22 survived.Also crew size max can be 36. Perhaps it was lower since the...
As I said " and then things happened too suddenly'. I will not judge their conduct without knowing the facts, I will judge you as an *** however.
I hate myself for this ....... but I'm ready to put forth a theory: 1) The ships 3rd officer ordered a 5 degree course change right. 2) The...
Thank you for all of this information.
Believe what you will from news reports, but the Wall Street Journal on 4/24 noted the captain of the Sewol made a request for steering gear...
A report I read stated of the 105 containers 45 were on the front deck and 60 were stored below.
A timeline I've read said the turn began at 8:48-8:49 and shortly thereafter the captain returned to the bridge. Perhaps he arrived after the...
That may be. The Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries released data on Tuesday (4/22) from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) stating the...
No, I assume nothing. The ship capsized to it's port side. The comment I responded to noted there was no visible damage to the hull in the pics....
If there is hull damage it would be on the port side and the starboard side pics have little value. As with most disasters there are a chain of...
Sewol I read some comments by a person who spoke with the Third Officer of the Sewol, she being the officer on the bridge at the time the...
Sewol I don't know about the reef. All the reports I've seen say it was a 2 mile wide channel, 120+ feet deep, no rocks or reef in the area of...
