This video was taken from the bridge the Costa Concordia in the moments after hitting rocks on the Island of Giglio. The video offers the first glimpse of the officers, [...]
Associations representing the global cruise industry have announced a new drill policy requiring mandatory muster drills for embarking passengers prior to departure from port. The new policy, jointly put forward [...]
- by Captain Bill Doherty, Director of Maritime Relations, Nexus Consulting There is a feeding frenzy going on now aboard the former luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia. Divers are still searching for [...]
Michael Crye is the executive vice president of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise association. In this position Michael Crye is responsible for the development and [...]
Costa Crociere, operator of the Costa Concordia, has invited 10 of the world’s leading salvage companies to bid for the contract to remove the stricken vessel from the rocks of [...]
Ever since the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Giglio, her gleaming white hull lying precariously sideways on the rocky seabed has sparked the question, can she can [...]
- by Captain Bill Doherty, Director of Maritime Relations, Nexus Consulting Critical Incident Management Systems (CIMS) are only as good at the human element(s) involved. When safety and security response systems rely [...]
Carnival offers survivors of doomed cruise Costa Concordia 30% off future cruise; outraged passengers prepare for lawsuit original: Kommissar X / Heft-Reihe Twelfth body found, divers retrieve captain’s papers Divers [...]
The only fact that is certain in the Costa Concordia disaster is the universal truth of all maritime disasters… human mistakes were made by multiple individuals. As discussed in the [...]
The following editorial was written by a source trusted by the editors of gCaptain.com who wishes to remain anonymous due to his close relationship with Carnival. Carnival Corporation today announced [...]
What Really Killed Costa Concordia’s Passengers? Captain Schettino has received a lot of criticism in the mainstream press and, possibly, even more from industry insiders including gCaptain for abandoning ship [...]
Disclaimer, we will not know the EXACT details of what happened until the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), aka Black Box, is analyzed. AIS data via QPS Maritime Software.
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