M/V Marine Electric Shipwreck

[Elessar]

Incident that changed the Coast Guard 'Forever':

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/22ecf1c

[Bilgerat]

Over and over, we learn (often too late)

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international treaty which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships

The first version of SOLAS Treaty was passed in 1914 in response to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which prescribed numbers of lifeboats and other emergency equipment along with safety procedures, including continuous radio watches. The 1914 treaty never entered into force due to the outbreak of the first World War.

In 1976 the sinking of the Argo Merchant led to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

[Elessar]

Over and over, we learn (often too late)

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international treaty which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships

The first version of SOLAS Treaty was passed in 1914 in response to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which prescribed numbers of lifeboats and other emergency equipment along with safety procedures, including continuous radio watches. The 1914 treaty never entered into force due to the outbreak of the first World War.

In 1976 the sinking of the Argo Merchant led to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.




An Admiral once stated that our (USCG) history is paved by tragedy blood and death.
We work in an abstract environment, where it is hard to gauge events day by day.

An offshoot of SOLAS was the creation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
It incorporates SOLAS as well as the principles of the OPA of 1990.