tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106416742267219466.post2568520211490053591..comments2024-02-04T01:20:28.639-05:00Comments on Michael Holloway's FilterBlogs: Making "Mega" Cruise Ships SaferMichael Hollowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106416742267219466.post-49158998966343723462012-02-27T02:34:57.856-05:002012-02-27T02:34:57.856-05:00Thanks for the comment; you've got me thinking...Thanks for the comment; you've got me thinking about a new article on the history of the Mega Cruise Ship. <br /><br />As to your question, I think the reason nobody has considered this issue before is two fold: the functioning here represents the normal learning metric that complex human organizations go through when assimilating new 'stuff' - and - these Mega Ships are only 15 years off the drawing board. <br /><br />The tests that 'proved' they will stay up-right in a storm at sea were only done in the 1990's. <br /><br />Imagine the number of possible thought vectors ship designers are dealing with. <br /><br />"Lowering" a life boat seems pretty straight forward - until you imagine a 12 story building leaning 20°. <br /><br />On the history of Mega Cruise Ships, I think it is interesting that these ships exist because of an 'economy of scale' - and it all started I'll bet, with the new oil-tanker-sized cargo container ships, and Super Ports like Antwerp.Michael Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106416742267219466.post-6367057153992917362012-02-27T00:25:59.101-05:002012-02-27T00:25:59.101-05:00Looks like the Rocker-Bogie suspension system is a...Looks like the Rocker-Bogie suspension system is a cool innovation that should be integrated to the life boats. I wonder why they haven't consider this issue before this accident?Villas in pattayahttp://www.thailandholidayhomes.co.uk/thailand-villas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com