I suppose once the attorneys get involved, we'll learn more...
Sounds like most ships on the sea.
Yeah, is sounds to me that the owners just admitted culpability.
They sail them until they break.
..”a bucket of bolts..”
Top-heavy, too, if loaded up with containers.
heard a sea lawyer on one of the talking head shows last night ... said that this one one of four identical sisterships built in 1975, two of which have already been scrapped .... this one had been retro fitted to add an additional 27’ of hull length, something which may have contributed to its breakup
That makes sense. My office is near the harbor in Baltimore. When I first moved here, the El Faro was moored at the same dock for months. Later, I saw it moored at another dock for what seemed like months. I wonder if it was undergoing serious maintenance.
It was an American ABS classed vessel with an American and Merchant Marine crew plying the Jones Act
Whoever told you it was a junk ship doesn’t know ships
ABS class is expensive and arduous
I owned freighters the largest being around a third this size....no way could I afford ABS class or that crew
It was a severe storm that grew quick and changed course in his direction
He had screw issues and got beamed
It’s the ocean not a junk ship or junk crew
These were serious Mariners
People spout off from ignorance...not you...you were quoting I get it