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April 15, 2015

Five Safety Lessons Learned from the Sinking of the Titanic

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Headlines about catastrophes, accidents and fines related to safety performance grab our attention, and there often is more than enough finger-pointing to go around.

April 15th marks the 103rd year anniversary of a major maritime catastrophe: the sinking of the Titanic, arguably one of the most talked about safety tragedies of 20th century. The sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. The tragedy shocked the world, because the Titanic had been touted as “the safest ship ever built.”

There were many lessons learned from the mistakes that led to the sinking of the Titanic. One hundred years and counting after the tragedy, maybe it’s time to celebrate the safety improvements that resulted from the tragedy, and the ideas generated, shared and implemented for future use. The sinking of the Titanic, and the subsequent inquiries and investigations, should be seen as one of the factors that turned the tide in maritime safety.

Here are five lessons about Titanic that impacted the safety of future vessels:

Outdated Standards and Requirements – The Titanic only was supplied with enough life boats and life jackets for half of its maximum number of passengers. The Board of Trade had no safety regulations in place for a ship of that size. The only requirement in place was the 1894 Merchant Shipping Act, which required that the number of lifeboats be in direct proportion with the ship’s gross tonnage. That rule may have sufficed, but the act only provided calculations for ships up to 10,000 tons, in which 16 life boats were required. Titanic was more than four times that size, some 46,000 tons, and carried only 20 lifeboats.

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