catastrophic that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry. and the letter specifically raises concerns about oceangate s compliance or lack thereof with a maritime risk assessment certification known as dnvgl. they write, your marketing material advertises that the titan design will meet or exceed the dnvgl safety standards and yet it does be appear that oceangate has the intention of following those class rules. your representation is at minimum misleading to the public and breaches an industrywide professional code of conduct that we all endeavor to uphold. they wanted oceangate effectively, kaitlan, to follow the same standards as other vessels, especially vessels that are carrying passengers. but of course this new york times report indicates that didn t happen. cnn has reached out to oceangate about this letter, but so far there s been no response. but there was a 2019 blog post from the company where they
and developing this craft could result in negative outcome from minor to catastrophic that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry, and it went on to say your marketing material advertises that the titan design will meet or exceed the dmvgl safety standards and these are standards developed a long time ago for this type of vessel and yet it does not appear that oceangate has the intention of following your class rules and your representation is at minimum misleading to the public and leads a professional code of conduct we all endeavor to uphold. simply put, kate. years ago there were people in the company and outside the company saying your approach to developing this craft is too experimental, too outside the norms and is not being submitted to the standards that worldwide maritime organizations expect. bottom line is, a vehicle like this, engineers should say should be tested to two, three, four, five times the amount of
of oceangate expressing deep concern, writing to rush. he s on board the missing sub tonight. they wrote him in letter in which they said, the experimental approach could result in negative outcomes from minor to catastrophic. your marketing material advertises that the titan design will meet or exceed safety standards, yet it does not appear that oceangate has the intention of following class rules. that was nearly five years ago. here we are five years later and that oceangate sub is missing. it may be at the bottom of the ocean floor near the titanic s wreckage. it s waters as deep as mt. fuji is tall. at that depth, it s pitch black. there s no light. the pressure, of course, is bone crushing. there s no way to get out.
The International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), which manages the grand prix 60-foot monohull activity, has created a document which focuses on