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☆ The Titanic may play a role in who pays for the Baltimore bridge collapse. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —The massive cargo ship crash that destroyed the Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday will probably cost various shipping companies and insurers billions of dollars in damages. “Maritime law is steeped in antiquity. Maritime law is rooted in the need to settle disputes and enforce rules between different peoples, even before there was the concept of countries with definitive laws. That rule, known as general average, is still a guiding principle of maritime law. “it’s just a fundamental part of the way that the shipping business works,” said Martin Davies, director of the Maritime Law Center at Tulane University.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, ” Sean Pribyl, “ It’s, ”, Rhodes, Rhodians, Pribyl, “ it’s, Martin Davies, ” Davies, Dali, “ don’t, Davies, Chugging, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Holland, CNN, American Bar, Titanic, Star Line, White Star, Maritime Law Center, Tulane University, Grace Ocean, ”, Repair Company, Flint & Co, Supreme Locations: New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, American, Great Britain, Southampton, Singapore, . Flint

☆ Owner of ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge will likely try to invoke 1851 law used to cap damages after Titanic disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The owner of the ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge faces a mountain of potential lawsuits. Experts say the owner will likely try to invoke an 1851 law to try to cap potential damages. The Limitation of Liability Act was successfully used by the Titanic owner after the 1912 sinking. "If they're fully successful, it will cap how much they have to pay in damages," Michael Sturley, an expert in maritime law and professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law, told BI. However, I must say that the way things look at present, it seems unlikely that a limitation petition will be successful."

Persons: —, Maryland's Francis Scott Key, Dali, Michael Sturley, Sturley, Michael A, McCoy, it's, Martin Davies, Davies, Gordon Carey —, Carey, It's Organizations: Titanic, Service, University of Texas, Austin's School of Law, Private Ltd, Grace Ocean Private, Business, Washington Post, Wall Street, Titanic Inc, Maritime Law Center, Tulane University School of Law, White Star, Reuters, Synergy Marine Group, Synergy Marine Locations: Baltimore, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Patapsco, United States, , Oregon, Oregon

☆ A First-Class Dinner Menu from the Titanic Could Fetch Thousands at Auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There were oysters, salmon with Hollandaise sauce, beef, squab, duck, roast chicken, green peas, parsnip purée and Victoria pudding. The feast described is not a Thanksgiving meal, but a snapshot of what first-class passengers on the Titanic ate for dinner on April 11, 1912, when the ship left Queenstown, Ireland, for New York. A menu from that night, with an embossed red White Star Line flag at the top and signs of water damage, will go up for auction on Saturday at Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd in southwest England. It is expected to sell for up to 70,000 pounds, or about $86,000. The auction will include hundreds of other maritime items, including a White Star Line tartan blanket that was recovered from a Titanic lifeboat and a pocket watch owned by a second-class passenger, a Russian immigrant, who did not survive the sinking.

Persons: purée, Henry Aldridge, Andrew Aldridge Organizations: Star, Henry Aldridge & Son, White Locations: Victoria, Queenstown, Ireland, New York, England, Russian

☆ Fact Check-Revived Titanic-Olympic ‘switch’ conspiracy sunk by ships’ differences
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

In particular, design differences between the Titanic and Olympic, visible in photographs of the two ships, are consistent with the wreckage of Titanic being, in fact, Titanic, and making the switch theory implausible. Another of the ships, Olympic, was put into service the year before, on June 14, 1911, and retired in 1935, with many of its fixtures and fittings auctioned off before it was scrapped. Magellan and its collaborator Atlantic Productions released sample images and animations of the Titanic wreck site scans to media outlets in May 2023, which can be viewed (here), (here). Olympic’s hull number was 400, and Titanic’s was 401. “Meanwhile,” Layton said, “the Titanic’s correct hull number, 401, has been observed at the wreck site and on items recovered from the wreck.

Persons: Robert John Welch, J, Kent Layton, ” Layton, Olympic’s, Layton, Titanic’s, Tim Maltin, Read Organizations: Titanic, Facebook, National Museums Northern, White Star Lines, Olympic, Belfast shipyard, Library of Congress, Bain News Service, Getty, Magellan Ltd, Atlantic Productions, HULL, Reuters Locations: Atlantic, Belfast , Northern Ireland, National Museums Northern Ireland, Southampton, England, New York, Titanic

☆ The Titanic disaster led to a rethink of international regulations. Titan may have a similar legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Such was the belief in the Titanic that safety regulations of the day were not updated to keep pace with the technology. The first version was adopted in 1914, in response to the Titanic disaster,” the International Maritime Organization (IMO) says on its website. Other SOLAS regulations linked back to the Titanic disaster include:Abandon ship drills – The Titanic captain had canceled one the day of the sinking. Lessons from TitanMaritime experts and historians have noted the Titan submersible operated outside of the regulations prompted by the Titanic disaster. The Titan submersible did not need to conform to safety regulations, since it operated in international waters.

Persons: “, SOLAS, Sal Mercogliano, ” Mercogliano, ”, Per Wimmer, ” Wimmer, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, James Cameron, Cooper, ” Cameron, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Convention, OceanGate Expeditions, White Star Line, United States National Archives, of Congress, Board of Trade, Washington, SOLAS Convention, International Maritime Organization, Titan Maritime, Titan, Campbell University, States, Challenger Locations: Southampton, British, ”, North Carolina, “, Britain, Danish

☆ 5 wild conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Áine Cain | Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

JP Morgan was behind the whole thingA portrait of JP Morgan circa 1900. Photo by Museum of the City of New York/Getty ImagesThis rumor has everything you could want in a conspiracy theory. The Federal Reserve Bank. There's a theory out there that JP Morgan sank the Titanic in order to pave the way for the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank in the US. Morgan was reportedly supposed to be on the ship, but decided to skip the maiden voyage at the last second.

Persons: Morgan, JP Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Macy's, Isidor Straus, Astor, We've, Straus, Ida, Layton, Morgan could've Organizations: Museum of, Federal Reserve Bank, Titanic, White Star, Pittsburgh Post, Gazette, US Federal Locations: City of New York, Europe

☆ The Titanic Truthers of TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Tiffany Hsu | Sapna Maheshwari | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Morgan, whose White Star Line owned the Titanic, figures prominently in Titanic lore. (In some tellings, TikTok creators have recast the villains as the wealthy Rothschild family or even the Catholic order of the Jesuits.) Evidence suggests that Mr. Morgan failed to make his date with the Titanic because he was dealing with an unexpected situation involving his European art collection. The consensus, though, is this: The Titanic sank in a terrible accident and many people died. “On a grand scale, the study of history keeps you from repeating the mistakes that were made in the past and, continually, moving forward,” said Mr. Stephenson, who is now the executive director of the USS Kidd Veterans Museum.

Persons: Morgan, Rothschild, Mr, Parks Stephenson, Cameron, Stephenson, ” Organizations: White Star Line, Navy, USS Kidd Veterans Museum

☆ (video) Meniul folosit pentru ultimul prânz servit pe Titanic a fost vândut cu 88.000 de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2015-10-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(video) Meniul folosit pentru ultimul prânz servit pe Titanic a fost vândut cu 88.000 de dolariUn meniu folosit în timpul ultimului prânz oficial care a fost servit pe Titanic, în urmă cu peste un secol, a fost vândut cu 88.000 de dolari la o licitaţie organizată pe internet, informează MediafaxDocumentul, care a fost recuperat din apele reci ale Atlanticului de Nord de un pasager de la clasa I, a fost vândut miercuri, unui colecţionar privat. Preţul de vânzare s-a înscris în marja estimată de specialişti, au declarat reprezentanţii casei Auctioneers Lion Heart Autographs, organizatoarea licitaţiei. În lume mai există doar alte două sau trei meniuri folosite în timpul ultimului prânz oficial servit pe Titanic. Abraham Salomon a fost unul dintre pasagerii de pe Titanic care au fost salvaţi din acel naufragiu şi s-au aflat la bordul „Lifeboat No. Meniul vândut miercuri a fost pus în vânzare de o persoană care a primit documentul de la un descendent al unuia dintre supravieţuitorii aflaţi pe „Lifeboat No.

Persons: Abraham Lincoln Salomon, Isaac Gerald Frauenthal, Salomon, Abraham Salomon, Transatlanticul Titanic, Titanicul, Veronica Organizations: Mediafax, White Star, White Star Line Locations: Atlanticului, Nord, şuncă, New York, Oceanului Atlantic, Southampton, Marea, Statele Unite, Titanicul, Belfast

☆ 10 lucruri neștiute despre cea mai cunoscută tragedie maritimă din istorie
▼ + stars: | 2015-04-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +12 min

Titanic a fost cel mai mare pachebot din lume în momentul plecării sale în călătoria inaugurală, din Southampton, Anglia, cu destinaţia New York, pe 10 aprilie 1912. Căpitanul picase examenul de navigaţieEdward John Smith, căpitanul Titanicului, a fost „victima” a numeroase mituri, în ultimii 103 ani. Când nava a început să se scufunde, a decis să înfrunte moartea cu demnitate. În realitate, pasagera Elizabeth Shutes a fost atât de deranjată de mirosul gheţii, încât nu a putut dormi. Un alt „ingredient” pentru dezastru a fost fenomenul de refracţie a luminii.

Persons: Titanic, James Cameron, Edward Lawrence, Charles Lightoller, pachebotul, William T ., William T . Stead, Stead, alţii, Edward John Smith, Mulţi, . Căpitanul Smith, Smith, Smith îşi, Hosono, Kate Florence Philips, Henry Morley, Kate, . Morley, îşi, Kate . Cuplul, Titanicul, Morley, Ellen, Worcester şi Ellen, Henry ., Beverley Farmer, Deborah Allen, Louise Patton, Robert Hitchins, Patton, Elizabeth Shutes, Elizabeth, Margaret Graham . Elizabeth, SS Carpathia, Celine Dion, Tim Maltin, Maltin Organizations: White Star Line, Majestic, Titanic, Worcester News, Stat, SS Locations: Southampton, Anglia, New York, Atlantic, pierzanie, Europa, Japonia, Titanic, Worcester, California, Worcester şi, britanici, Texas, Concordia, Costa Concordia

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