MARINE ACCIDENT

Marine Accident

Marine Accident

Marine Accident

Nine months after the fatal accident on the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" is again a Marine serving in an accident. On Monday evening a 28-year-old lieutenant commander, died after an accident on a sailing boat in the marine service Mürwik. The officer had completed an apprenticeship with two other comrades' ride. As a Navy spokesman said, suddenly had the horizontal tree of the mainsail from one side to the hit other side and have beaten the 28-year-old. The boat of the type "Hanseat 70" I immediately started the nearest port in Denmark. From there, the soldier was flown to the hospital in Flensburg, where he succumbed to his injuries in the evening.

For the exact cause of the accident the Navy spokesman will gave information. The accident will now be investigated internally navy. The prosecutor's office has been opened. "So far we cherish, but against anyone suspected," said a spokesman for the Authority in Flensburg.

"We are deeply shocked and concerned and we have already expressed our condolences to the family," Commander Gunnar Wolff said of the Naval Office in Rostock "global compact". If any fault had been present, or whether safety regulations were not met, no one can currently answer (Meredith, 2009).

Parallels to the accident on the sail training ship but could not be drawn, the navy spokesman said. "In this case it was a service sailboat that is clearly not the 'Gorch Fock' comparable.' After the fatal accident occurred on 7 November 2010, in which a cadet fell from the rigging, and the turmoil following the "Gorch Fock" was in the Navy just settled back into sleep.

Safety Measures to solve such Problems

For the successful running of a marine organization, the organization must have a clear concept of what the service and importance of this within an organization and the quality itself and its importance. To implement this, it is necessary to rely on certain fundamental principles that provide a competitive advantage in the market.

To ensure the quality management of the service to succeed, one must overcome barriers such as the feeling that it is impossible to meet desires of customers, exceed the difference between what customers want and what the organization believes they want and the exaggerated promises sales promotion. Service quality should be administered, so that staff understand how problems occur, in order to take necessary actions for their elimination and for this it is necessary as a first step, getting the motivation and participation of all staff in the creating a unique vision and mission of the department, that provide guideline based on the quality of service (Heizer, 2009).

Use of improved technology can help solve marine issues and reduce accidents. An early example of the use of technology for the improvement of the management and operation of merchant ships can be observed from the case of the SS Great Britain. The SS Great Britain is considered to be a turning point in the use of technology for the effective operation and management ...