Shipping

Summary

In spite of the quality service that you receive on the ship while you are traveling but, still you fear that you’re in danger in the middle of the sea, whatever the high specification of the ship but it is at risk and at any moment could sink. Engineers and ship designers are working hard together to reduce the risk of ship accidents. Nowadays engineers use computers to do some special tasks in the materials used in ships ; an another example of safety features are watertight compartments, or hull divisions this process works as follows if a puncture occurs ; the idea is to contain and isolate the water that comes inside the ship and keep the ship in balance or afloat. Human error is always behind the worst sea accidents, To reduce these types of accidents, the U.S. Coast Guard and other international agencies start advice and focus more on the human element in ship safety. People are learning from the past mistakes that have caused a human disaster and try to avoid them ; nowadays ships carry enough lifeboats and if disaster happens the time to arrive at the place is minimized and the navigation helps the Coast Guard to do that. Radar is one of the advanced technologies because it can show the ship’s crew if there is an object which can impede the ship way; also the satellite communication system can advise the crew about the weather. Finally we will never hear that one day people invent an unsinkable ship , but the technology will help as to avoid sea accidents.

Main idea

The main idea in this article ; in truth there is no unsinkable ship. Although people try to work hard to have a high specification ship to avoid any risk . All statistics show that the human error is often behind the sea accidents but there is an awareness campaign that advises them . The new technology of communication between Coast Guard and ship’s crew reduces the risk also.

Comment

This article was interesting because I never read about these subjects before. Moreover the article is well structured because it is divided into main paragraphs and each paragraph has a suitable title and the points are well explained. I agree with the last paragraph because it shows us how people improve things and reach an easy life.