The Titanic's Impact on the Future
Because the crash of the Titanic was such a big deal and the fact that it was a series of accidents that could have been easily prevented, the crash made a big impact on ship safety rules and trans-Altlatic ocean traveling laws. Some of the laws that the government made solely because of the Titanic's crash were:
- Two years after the crash of the Titanic, the "International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea" (SOLAS) was held in London. It is known as the most important national treaty about the safety of traveling with passengers in ships at sea. It was held only because of the Titanic's crash at first, to come up with ways to make traveling at sea safer. It mainly adressed patroling bodies of water covered in ice but it also addressed the other four things listed below.
- At the SOLAS Convention, they made it a law for a ship building yard to have requirments for the safety of the building of ships in their yard. The requirments were made by the state that they are located in, and they must recieve certificates for the completion of the requirements, showing that it is legal to be sailing that ship.
- The SOLAS Convention also had a requirment for the number of lifeboats needed on ships of various sizes.
- The SOLAS convention also came up with new safety procedures required to be followed at sea.
- The SOLAS Convention also invented the "port state control" procedure, allowing any state to inspect a ship from any other the state if they have a reason to believe that the ship is disregarding any requirments addressed in the SOLAS Convention.
- The biggest impact the Titanic had on the future was the forming of I.I.P. (International Ice Patrol). It was established on January 30, 1914 (almost two years after the collision), after 16 nations agreed it was needed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was thought of by the SOLAS convention^. The organization was thought of after the Titanic hit an iceberg, after only recieving various warnings from other ships. The Titanic never had another boat helping it along the way, looking out for icebergs. The job of the International Ice Patrol is to travel on the Atlantic ocean in search of icebergs. Once the IIP has located an iceberg, they notify any ships in the vicinity and give them the exact coordinates of the iceberg so they can easily avoid it.
- In 1912, the U.S. navy assigned two cruisers to patrol the Grand Banks for the rest of 1912 as a reminder of the Titanic and to watch over other ships traveling in the icy water. This idea was kept and caused the "Coast Guard Ice Patrol" to be formed.
- The Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 was stopped and a new law was formed. (Look on "Past ship safety guidelines" page to find out how)
- The Radio Act of 1912 was passed. This made new laws regarding when the wirless radio onboard a ship had to be on. (Look on "Present ship safety guidelines" to find out how)
- As a tradition , wreaths of flowers are dropped over the site where the Titanic sunk on April 15th every year to honor the bravery of the people who died that fateful night.
- Two years after the crash of the Titanic, the "International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea" (SOLAS) was held in London. It is known as the most important national treaty about the safety of traveling with passengers in ships at sea. It was held only because of the Titanic's crash at first, to come up with ways to make traveling at sea safer. It mainly adressed patroling bodies of water covered in ice but it also addressed the other four things listed below.
- At the SOLAS Convention, they made it a law for a ship building yard to have requirments for the safety of the building of ships in their yard. The requirments were made by the state that they are located in, and they must recieve certificates for the completion of the requirements, showing that it is legal to be sailing that ship.
- The SOLAS Convention also had a requirment for the number of lifeboats needed on ships of various sizes.
- The SOLAS convention also came up with new safety procedures required to be followed at sea.
- The SOLAS Convention also invented the "port state control" procedure, allowing any state to inspect a ship from any other the state if they have a reason to believe that the ship is disregarding any requirments addressed in the SOLAS Convention.
- The biggest impact the Titanic had on the future was the forming of I.I.P. (International Ice Patrol). It was established on January 30, 1914 (almost two years after the collision), after 16 nations agreed it was needed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was thought of by the SOLAS convention^. The organization was thought of after the Titanic hit an iceberg, after only recieving various warnings from other ships. The Titanic never had another boat helping it along the way, looking out for icebergs. The job of the International Ice Patrol is to travel on the Atlantic ocean in search of icebergs. Once the IIP has located an iceberg, they notify any ships in the vicinity and give them the exact coordinates of the iceberg so they can easily avoid it.
- In 1912, the U.S. navy assigned two cruisers to patrol the Grand Banks for the rest of 1912 as a reminder of the Titanic and to watch over other ships traveling in the icy water. This idea was kept and caused the "Coast Guard Ice Patrol" to be formed.
- The Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 was stopped and a new law was formed. (Look on "Past ship safety guidelines" page to find out how)
- The Radio Act of 1912 was passed. This made new laws regarding when the wirless radio onboard a ship had to be on. (Look on "Present ship safety guidelines" to find out how)
- As a tradition , wreaths of flowers are dropped over the site where the Titanic sunk on April 15th every year to honor the bravery of the people who died that fateful night.