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B & E Uno Essay

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Manuel, Jonathan D. MT32-B2 Viewpoint: July 1 Freighter B and E Uno sank off Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines At around 2130 LT July 1 night general cargo B&E Uno sank in the Mactan Channel off Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines, some 200 meters off shore. Vessel sank after hitting the ground and breaching the hull, with resulting water ingress and list. Engine room was flooded. Vessel’s mast is above the water. B&E Uno is loaded with cement in bags having around a ton of fuel, which already started to leak. 18 crew is safe, some swam to the shore, and others left the vessel by boat. On a pic B&E Uno in better days. Aggregated carrier B&E Uno IMO 8828214, dwt 611, built 1970; flag Philippines, manager B&E SEA TRANSPORT. The said cargo vessel was carrying 23,000 bags of cement sank less than a mile from …show more content…

However, what’s amazing though is the size of errors that lead to those accidents in most cases. Maritime accidents that occur due to natural factors such as a ships being caught in an unexpected storm, unfavorable tides, strong winds etc. are totally beyond human control and also make up rather small part of the causes for maritime accidents. The reason why human errors play such a vital role in marine industry despite of excessive mechanization and technical advancement is that even with everything, marine industry remains a people’s industry. There are machines running on software programmed into a computer but you need a person on that computer to be looking into it. Error on part of that person means the entire chain reaction of errors is put into action ultimately leading to a not-so-good outcome. Even in case of a natural calamity, there is a human hand somewhere that faltered to some extent. May it be the environment or the technology or the entire system of a ship, it all comes down to their interaction with human element

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