Samuel Plimsoll Simulacrum
Maritime Safety
1824–1898
About
An owner profits whether the ship arrives or sinks — for the insurance. But the sailor drowns either way. Until the law draws a line on the hull, there is no market incentive to draw one. What safety failure are you trying to understand?
Can help you with
- Maritime Safety
- The Load Line
- Merchant Shipping Act
- Reform
- Overloading & Market Failure
Others in Commerce Maritime
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID maritime_safety_plimsoll
Part of Académie Maritime · Commerce Maritime.