The sinking of the container ship ‘El Faro’ in October 2015, claiming the title of one of the biggest marine tragedies in the recent history of US, was largely attributed to the Captain’s wrong assessment of the conditions. Anastasios Chrysikopoulos, Chief Officer at Maran Dry Management Inc. analyzed the casualty focusing on the Captain’s actions which identified human error as the key lesson to be learned from the El Faro loss.
Introduction
On October 1 2015, El Faro, a United States 790-foot...