Maritime Accident Casebook
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The Case Of The Errant Hookers
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She’s big, powerful, unpredictable and pushy. If you don’t keep a firm hold it could mean a rocky relationship gets very deadly.
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Thursday, Jul 12, 2007The Case Of The Deadly Saviour
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Where is the most dangerous place on your ship? The cargo holds? The chain locker? The galley? The rolling deck in a storm? No. The most dangerous place on your ship is the one place you really, really want to be when things go really, really wrong.
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Monday, Jul 02, 2007The Case Of The Wandering Monarch
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A ship with 1,500 souls aboard, a GPS that tells lies to the autopilot and the most dangerous waters around the US coast. Guess what happened next.
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Maritime Accident Casebook episodes are drawn from investigations around the world to explore in a informal, entertaining and accessible way how and why such incidents happen and how they might be avoided. Each casefile consists of an audio podcast, accompanied by a transcript with illustrations and links to further information at maritimeaccident.wordpress.com
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Bob Couttie has written for a number of maritime industry publications, including the prestigious Lloyd's List International daily newspaper and Lloyd's Ship Manager magazine. His reportage on problems with ship's officer certification examinations in the Philippines in the late 1990s influenced the adoption of computerized examinations for ship officers by the country's Professional Regulatory Commission.
Today he produces video and audio consultancy for maritime training clients
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