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Dead Ships & Endangered Passengers – Cruise Lines Ignore International Maritime Organization Guidelines

By Jim Walker on February 26, 2013
Posted in Fires

Yesterday the New York Times published an insightful article about the failure of the cruise industry to design their cruise ships with redundant engine systems such that if one set of engines is knocked out by a fire or explosion, another set of engines in a separate compartment would provide power to the cruise ship.…

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