Lloyd’s List Intelligence Plots of Costa Concordia’s Previous Close Call

Posted on by January 18, 2012

Lloyd’s List Intelligence has published its AIS plots of the course of the Costa Concordia on January 13th, when she ran aground and sank, and her course on August 14th when she came within 230 meters of the shore of the island of Giglio and passed extremely close to where she ran aground last Friday.  Click on the graphic or here for a larger plot.

Costa Concordia in previous close call

Costa Concordia: Exclusive Lloyd’s List video analysis

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Lloyd’s List Intelligence Plots of Costa Concordia’s Previous Close Call — 4 Comments

  1. Since this “showboating” happened before and was actually videoed by an Italian TV station the Costa Line Management must have known about it. Therefore this is clear evidence of reckless behaviour and the Costa Line and its ownership Carnival Group will not be entitled to “Limitation of Liability” under Maritme Law. NAUTICAL LOG would refer you to a case which deals with that The Lady Gwendolyn vs Freshfield in 1964 in the United Kingdom Admiralty Court.
    “Sue the Bastards”
    Good Watch.

  2. Thanks for your comment Captain. On target, as usual.

    Apparently in court yesterday, Schettino said that he had made three or four close passes to the island on previous voyages. Another Costa captain was in command on the close pass in August, recorded on video and analysed by Lloyd’s. Costa management apparently approved the August “salute.” I think that Costa CEO Foschi’s attempt to blame the accident on an ”inexplicable” error by the captain will backfire on Costa and Carnival.

  4. Rick: If you have found the case referred to you will see a familiar name – Mr. Denis W. Boucher. He was my father who being an honourable manager did not throw his Master “under a bus”. However we did lose our appeal to Limit Liability but in doing so helped to set precedent for future cases. This may be why the principal Insurance Company for Carnival Group moved its HQ from the Chicago office to the London office the morning after the grounding. The insurance case can now be heard in that same Admiralty Court on The Strand.
    Good Watch.