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El Faro: safety experts question stability rules
Logic questioned of 2009 amendments to Solas convention that means older ships face less stringent standards
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El Faro: safety experts question stability rules
Logic questioned of 2009 amendments to Solas convention that means older ships face less stringent standards
Safety experts raised questions about the grandfathering of a crucial stability requirement for ro-ros after new revelations in the investigation into the deadly 2015 sinking of El Faro.
International safety rules require ships to stay within a certain metacentric height or GM, a key measure of a ship’s stability, when loading cargo. But ro-ros built after 2009 amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea (Solas) are held to a somewhat more stringent GM than older ships.
GM, which varies
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