Indian ferry disaster, ITF comment
News Release
International Transport Federation (ITF)
May 7, 2012
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Commenting on the disastrous ferry
sinking on the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US>River
Brahmaputra</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, Nick Bramley, chair of the ITF
inland navigation section and Nautilus International national secretary in
Switzerland, said: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US>“This disaster is sadly
only the latest in a long series of ferry tragedies in Asia and Africa.
Everything points to poor training, dangerous working practices, inadequate
regulation and near non-existent enforcement as being the root causes for this
and similar losses of life. We urge the establishment of modern standards of
training and certification for crew members, of effective safety standards for
vessels and their crews and of competent enforcement regimes both nationally and
internationally.”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Commenting on the disastrous ferry
sinking on the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US>River
Brahmaputra</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, Nick Bramley, chair of the ITF
inland navigation section and Nautilus International national secretary in
Switzerland, said: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US>“This disaster is sadly
only the latest in a long series of ferry tragedies in Asia and Africa.
Everything points to poor training, dangerous working practices, inadequate
regulation and near non-existent enforcement as being the root causes for this
and similar losses of life. We urge the establishment of modern standards of
training and certification for crew members, of effective safety standards for
vessels and their crews and of competent enforcement regimes both nationally and
internationally.”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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