From the Titanic to the Costa Concordia – 2012
Table of Contents
I- The passenger ship has become a cruise destination
II – Cruise ships with more than 2,500 passengers
III – Disaster first, regulation later
Rules and exceptions
Muster points
The evacuation
Fire, fire, fire
Crash, crash, crash
The see-saw effect
Running aground
Cruise ship or floating hospital
The target
VI – The Titanic and the Gigantic by Joseph Conrad, sailor and author
I-The passenger ship has become a cruise destination
The traditional passenger ship used to travel from one point to another in a straight line. In off-peak periods, some were assigned to pleasure cruises in tourist regions (the Canary Islands, Aegean Sea, the Norwegian Fjords, the Caribbean, for example), but these services were only accessible to a well-off elite who had the time and means to take such trips.
