mentioned above, crewmembers failed to show passengers a brief safety video and did not have a complete passenger manifest. Immediately after the accident other crewmen in the failed a surprise test, and were ordered to undergo retraining. In operator’s fleet addition, passengers have been known to contribute to overcrowding or overbalancing a vessel, as for example the Indonesian ferry passengers who climbed onto the roof of their vessel to get a stronger cellphone signal, capsizing it. The Worldwide Ferry Safety Association is combating this lack of information by developing training materials for crew and passenger information resources. Regulatory loopholes Sulpicio Lines, owner of the ill-fated is one of the most Princess of the Stars, notorious ferry operators in the Philippines Ro-Ro system. Along with the Princess of it owned the which sank in 1987, and the which sank the Stars, Doña Paz, Doña Marylin, in 1988. The accident still ranks as the maritime disaster in Doña Paz world’s worst peacetime, with over 4,300 dead. After the accident in 2008, Princess of the Stars MARINA ordered Sulpicio to cease operations. However, within a year Sulpicio had as the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation, and the name change allowed the company to operate as normal. It is imperative that such regulatory loopholes be closed if ferry operators are to be held accountable for the safety of their vessels. Summary Although the Philippines has a long way to go to ensure the safety and security of its millions of ferry passengers, the information and recommendations included here are designed to highlight high-priority safety issues so that personnel and resources can be targeted there. The most urgent issues identified by this report are as following:
mentioned above, crewmembers failed to show passengers a brief safety video and did not have a complete passenger manifest. Immediately after the accident other crewmen in the operator’s fleet failed a surprise test, and were ordered to undergo retraining. In addition, passengers have been known to contribute to overcrowding or overbalancing a vessel, as for example the Indonesian ferry passengers who climbed onto the roof of their vessel to get a stronger cellphone signal, capsizing it. The Worldwide Ferry Safety Association is combating this lack of information by developing training materials for crew and passenger information resources. Regulatory loopholes Sulpicio Lines, owner of the ill-fated Princess of the Stars, is one of the most notorious ferry operators in the Philippines Ro-Ro system. Along with the Princess of the Stars, it owned the Doña Paz, which sank in 1987, and the Doña Marylin, which sank in 1988. The Doña Paz accident still ranks as the world’s worst maritime disaster in peacetime, with over 4,300 dead. After the Princess of the Stars accident in 2008, MARINA ordered Sulpicio to cease operations. However, within a year Sulpicio had as the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation, and the name change allowed the company to operate as normal. It is imperative that such regulatory loopholes be closed if ferry operators are to be held accountable for the safety of their vessels. Summary Although the Philippines has a long way to go to ensure the safety and security of its millions of ferry passengers, the information and recommendations included here are designed to highlight high-priority safety issues so that personnel and resources can be targeted there. The most urgent issues identified by this report are as following:
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