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The Polar Prince, the ship from which the submersible was launched, is of Canadian registry and based out of Canada. Both the United States Senate and the British Board of Trade led investigations into the loss of the ocean liner. The United States has not even ratified the U.N. convention. Meaning that if Titan was launched from a Canadian ship, from a Canadian port, Canada has jurisdiction. At present, it’s unclear which country has jurisdiction in the Titan investigation, as the craft was reportedly built in the United States but launched from a Canadian vessel.
Organizations: Canadian Transportation, U.S . Coast Guard, Marine Board of, U.S . National Transportation Safety, Titanic, United States Senate, British Board of Trade, Titan, United Nations ’ International Maritime Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, United Nations Convention, United, International Maritime Organization Locations: Canada, U.S, United States, Canadian
The result was the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Passed in 1914, its framework stands to this day, with many of its rules directly evolving from the Titanic tragedy. The unsinkable ship: When the Titanic set sail from Southampton, it was the world’s largest ocean liner, built with state-of-the-art maritime technology that many thought made it unsinkable. Such was the belief in the Titanic that safety regulations of the day were not updated to keep pace with the technology. Lessons from Titan: Maritime experts and historians have noted the Titan submersible operated outside of the regulations prompted by the Titanic disaster, and did not need to conform to safety regulations, since it operated in international waters.
Persons: , Per Wimmer, Read Organizations: Titanic, Convention, OceanGate Expeditions, Titan Locations: Southampton, Danish
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
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