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Tragedies on the high seas: why there are still collisions between ships.
As the global number of ships increases, the seas are getting fuller and the chances of collisions are increasing. As the system is designed to sound the alarm in the event of imminent danger, they often leave their posts to sleep.
According to data from the Survey Association, a Danish company that works for ship insurers, most accidents are usually caused by human error. However, he clarifies, in many cases the crew is the one that manages to avoid the tragedy, something that “we tend to forget”. These mistakes may be due to the lack of investment in personnel caused by the economic crisis of 2008. No matter how fixated they are on the instruments they have, they must know how the ship works, since it is like a sophisticated piece of 'hardware' that needs be updated.
Whatever the reason, it is in everyone's interest to prevent accidents. As much as the ship in question has every right in the world to be in that position, both parties share the responsibility. One of the most mentioned ideas to avoid collisions is the separation of maritime traffic, for example, making them navigate in different lanes.