from the Daily Telegraph regarding the cruise ship sinking today .....
Mr Latarche added: “ The International Maritime Organisation have formulated new rules for passenger ship safety and the very latest ships are supposedly meant to have the capability for a return to port in the event of a major fire or loss of power, so evacuation should not be necessary. If you have a ship with several thousand people on board they need to be fed, watered, able to go to the toilet and be kept warm, especially if you are cruising in polar seas. So modern vessels actually become the lifeboat.
UMMMM - 100 years on, isn't this what was supposed to happen with the Titanic & Olympic ..............................