In my experience, in this area, the Aux has more bad apples than good. In ten years I submitted numerous complaints about unsafe operations,...
Using air bags in salvage work is commonplace. They're versatile and, when used correctly, create a very stable recovery. While this is...
Titan Salvage and Italy’s Micoperi Win Contract to Remove Costa Concordia | ******** - Maritime & Offshore With Titan on hand I have no doubt...
From the reports I read the fishing vessel made and then relinquished their salvage claim. No other salvage claims were apparently made. This was...
Dean, Take a look at the previous posts and you'll get a whirlwind of good advice about bridles. If the NorthRiver's tow eye is welded then you...
Here, here and amen.
Had you actually read my posts, or bothered to look at any of the three open forms to which I posted links, you would see that an open form does...
And this is both stupid and tiresome. The value of the work by the seiner was likely negotiated in advance of the commencement of work. But,...
IMO, this is absolutely wrong. An open form, be it Lloyds or any of the hundreds of others, is a way to agree to the terms of how a salvage award...
Salvage demands three components: a marine peril, voluntary response, and success in whole or in part. Here, all three are apparent and so a...
I have a cheap digital watch that I have used for this purpose. Set a 15 minute timer and it requires you to press a button on the watch to...
I have had a lot of experience with yacht insurance claims and, in most cases, claims based on human error. You are exactly correct that human...
If this was simply a repositioning wouldn't a short crew make sense? I've made several trips with smaller than normal crews where galley and...
Just wondering what the members here think about this comment.
I've seen many catastrophic failures of this sort, albeit never on a vessel this large. In all cases, there was a chain of events which, in...
Every trip I make up the coast of Washington (or down the coast of Oregon) is a game of dodge the pots. In ten years I've only picked up one. A...
Hard to say, but the turn shown here is conceivable. Who knows what systems they were losing. The maneuver, from initial strike to final position,...
This is an AIS based reconstruction of the grounding: Grounding of the Costa Concordia - YouTube Source is: Qastor - news
It is a hot topic, but not a new one I think. Negligence: Conduct that falls below the standards of behavior established by law for the...
While there is a lot yet to be learned in this case, I can't see how the blame for the disaster lays anywhere but on Schettino's shoulders. He was...
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