UCL INSTITUTE FOR RISK AND DISASTER REDUCTION UCL INSTITUTE FOR RISK AND DISASTER REDUCTION Costa Concordia Disaster 2012 Group 4: • Sandra Camacho- Otero • Dimitra Fotopoulou • Krisztina Pardi • Sarah Schubert Conde Nast Traveller http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b6/b5/5c/b6b55c5728aed26a198cd7a9d055 bbc3.jpg 30 November 2015
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Costa Concordia Disaster 2012Group 4:
• Sandra Camacho-Otero• Dimitra Fotopoulou• Krisztina Pardi• Sarah Schubert
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Outline
● Overview of the disaster
● Losses
● Emergency response
● Comparison to other ship disasters
● Emergency plan context
● Lessons learned
● Conclusion and thoughts
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Overview● What happened?
As Costa Concordia departed for a one week cruise around the Mediterranean, Captain Francesco Schettino ordered the ship to be steered close to the shore as a "salute", the ship hit a rocky outcrop.
● When did it happened?Friday 13 January 2012 at 19:18 local time.
● Where did it happened?Italian coastline, close to Giglio Island.
● Who was affected?3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew onboard (4,252 total).
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Losses and compensation ● Fatalities: 32 people died (27 passengers and 5 crew members). The
families received compensation based on individual circumstances. *1 person died during salvage.
● Injured: 64 people. Each person received compensation based on their individual experience.
● Uninjured: Payment of €11,000 (about £9,000) - for belongings and psychological trauma - per person, in addition to reimbursement of cruise fare, travel expenses - bus and air travel costs - and medical bills. *Those who accepted the deal agreed not to sue the company for further damages.Crew members were paid until the end of their contracts. They also claimed reimbursement for expenses incurred, as well as for travel and medical expenses, and up to £2,250 for loss of personal belongings.
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Economic losses Cost of the ship: € 450 million Euros (£372 million; $570 USD million)Costa Concordia disaster had a constructive total loss according to maritime law experts (the cost of repairs plus the cost of salvage equal or exceeds the value) with damages of at least US$500 million only for the ship hull and the machinery.
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Economic and reputational loss Passenger bookings fell in January 2012 about 30%.
The company also offered its customers cancellations, during a fixed, without penalty on specific planned cruises as a result of Costa Cruises reputation.
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Comparison to other ship disasters
Titanic
Crashed into an iceberg (Atlantic Ocean)
2224 people on board – 1514 died
Financial loss:$2,500 000
Principessa Mafalda
One of the propeller shafts broke → water leakage (Coast of Brazil, Atlantic Ocean)
1264 people on board – 314 diedRescue vessels arrived on time but panic on board, first life boat filled with crew members.
Heavy compensation paid to the victims families.
Torrey Canyon
Went on short-cut: Ran aground on shallow water→ shipwrecked (West coast of Cornwall)
Environmental disaster: clearing up the oil: 1) detergents2) bombed down to burn off the oil spillage.
Criticism over Government’s delay in responding + Criticism on RAF and Royal Navy (75% of bombs were on target)
MV Sewol
Overloaded: illegally constructed to be able to carry more cargo - higher profits. Sudden turn →capsized(Southern coast of South Korea)
476 people on board - 304 died Late evacuation – passengers told to stay insideCaptain and crew members first to leave the ferry
False reports by media that all passengers have been saved.
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AftermathTitanic:• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) (1914): lifeboats for
all and lifeboat drills
Principessa Mafalda:• Italian Navy Board: New design for propeller shafts, better placement of
lifeboats
Torrey Canyon:Civil Liability Convention (1969):Liability for oil pollution MARPOL Convention (1973): Prevention of pollution of the marine environmentSTCW Convention (1978): Established requirements on training on an international level
MV Sewol:Hope for innovation on safety but in reality not much has changed after Sewol
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Lessons learned: Policies and procedures
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Conclusion and thoughtsIf best practice had been followed the disaster
shouldn’t have happened.
The disaster was a direct result of management failures and behaviours.
The cruise ship industry has been very responsive by implementing policies to prevent
a reoccurrence and improve safety.
Knowledge transfer from other sectors, such as aviation, to improve safety?
Did culture, deference and demeanour have any part to play?
How can the issues of language barriers be overcome?
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References
● http://www.whitestarmomentos.co.uk/disaster_statistics.html Retrieved 17 November 2015● Ji-Soo Lee & Won-Hwa Hong (2015) Arrangement Characteristics of● Temporary Relief Facilities: A Case Study of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Using Space Syntax● http://www.rina.org.uk/costa_concordia_passenger_evacuation.html● http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16563562