Herald of Free Enterprise Archives

April 28, 2020

COLUMN | International Safety Management Code failures [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on April 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Passenger Vessel World, Port World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

It is 30 years since the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster hastened the introduction of the ISM Code, which was adopted in 1993 by resolution A.741(18) at the IMO and ..

August 28, 2017

OPINION: IMO should ban sales of second-hand monohull Ro-Pax “killing machine” ferries to developing countries

Written by Neil Baird on August 28, 2017. Posted in Ro-Pax World.

Last month I wrote about the excellent safety record of multihull fast ferries, both Ro-Pax and passenger only. Statistically, they are the safest ferry type by far.
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