I had heard on the news that the other ship that had gotten rammed, the Captain and co Captain and a handful of others were demoted or reprimanded and it was determined it was their error....but I did not get the details on what the actual problem was....I'll google that later to find out...The whole thing is just unbelievable....hard to believe we can have two "accidents" like this in about a month or two?
What in the heck is going on with their protocol to make certain I's are dotted and T's are crossed to prevent these kind of things? Has it changed recently?
Or are these tankers purposely barging in to us?
None of this makes any sense and more than likely nearly 20 men dead...from just the two accidents???
Maybe the crew's sleeping area should be designed higher than the water level that a barge could ram them at...???
it's hard to ram anything moving with a ship as big as an oil tanker, those things take a long time to aim in a general direction, never mind target a small moving object.
Right of way on the seas always goes to the least maneuverable vessel.