Mon 07 Jul, 2008
| Posted in: The inquiry into the capsizing of Philippines ferry the Princess of the Stars has highlighted insufficient ballast as a possible cause, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
The 23,824 gt ferry capsized in shallow waters in a typhoon leaving over 800 passengers and crew either dead or missing.
A member of the Board of Maritime Inquiry, Commodore Amado Romillo, said that two of the vessel’s four ballast tanks were empty...