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carrying six passengers, 77 crew,makes 83 people total
but
38 of the people on board were rescued and 4 died makes 42 people accounted for. What happened with the remaining 41? —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Barvinok (
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contribs)
15:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)reply
As there is no evidence that this ship was actually involved, the info coming from IP
62.84.81.183 as their ONE and ONLY edit, and indications that the Al Mahmoud was off Italy, a long way from Lebanon, is there any reason this "The Syrian ship Al Mahmoud Orient was among the rescue team" should not be removed? It seems like vandalism to me--
220.101.28.25 (
talk)
23:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Nope, we don't do estimates. If the info is reported by a reliable source we can incorporate it into the article with a reference.
Mjroots (
talk)
18:20, 20 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Apologies, Mjroots. Is there a place to discuss the reasoning behind that decision? It seems like logical and valuable information for Wikipedia to contain. Also, it seems that for cargo such as livestock for which there is a known stock value, it is not so much reporting as simple mathematics; i.e. if 1 cow = $200.00, 10000 cattle = $2,000,000.00 —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
70.188.34.103 (
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04:30, 22 December 2009 (UTC)reply
The reasoning behind my comments is one of our core policies -
verification, backed up by
no original research. It can be frustrating at times knowing that something is true but being unable to find a verifiable source for the fact. Something we have to learn to live with.
Mjroots (
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11:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)reply
I understand verifiability. I suppose then this may be a special case scenario as livestock are publicly traded. For example, if we had a source saying that 'x' number of shares of Google stock were sold, would it be considered original research to quote the value per share of (GOOG) as 'y' at the time of the sale and do the mathematics ourselves? "the value of the stock sold therefore is 'x*y.'" —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
70.188.34.103 (
talk)
12:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Although it wouldn't be useful to include it in this article - purely as a general point - livestock cargoes are usually valued on the basis of total cargo weight. (e.g. a total of "x" tonnes at an agreed sale price of say, "y" US dollars per kilogramme). However, the actual figure is always liable to some change, during the voyage, depending broadly on whether the livestock total gains, or loses, weight while aboard the ship. In addition there would usually be an "insured value" for the cargo (provided, of course, that the shipowner has insured it). All of these figures are commercially confidential. The numbers of livestock quoted as being aboard the Danny FII seems large for that ship - though that could mean that those particular cattle and sheep were much smaller than average. (NB. As a very approximate indication, an "average" steer would weigh about 350 KG and an "average" sheep would weigh in at about 35 KG.)
Norloch (
talk)
17:35, 1 February 2010 (UTC)reply
The high number of livestock could also indicate that overcrowding took place, with little regard being paid to the conditions the livestock were transported in.
Mjroots (
talk)
08:22, 3 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Mjroots might be correct - but it would be a guaranteed way to lose money, if there really was "overcrowding with little regard being paid to conditions". It's an unavoidable fact that mistreated livestock always (repeat always) deteriorate rapidly in overcrowded, neglectful conditions. There really is nothing to be gained from it, because the hard nosed importers of livestock will only ever accept animals which are delivered in prime condition. ( No disrespect meant to the importers of livestock but, whatever their nationality, they do tend to be very uncompromising and demanding individuals.) Both shipowners and crews on livestock carriers know very well that sub-standard animals get rejected and that particular nightmare is something which they try to avoid at all costs.
Norloch (
talk)
15:05, 3 February 2010 (UTC)reply
In agreement regarding variable standards and as I noted above - Mjroots might well be correct in his assertions. The obvious pitfalls associated with livestock overcrowding will be apparent to rational folk but - as we know from revelations in the banking industry - there are always some who will take irrational risks ( particularly when the main risk is to other peoples' money.) It's possible that similar things occur within the livestock industry but it must be rare, because it is a sure way to lose lots of money. Humans may be relatively easy to fool - animals are much less gullible.
Norloch (
talk)
10:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
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I am writing this after 12 years of surviving the Danny f2 tragedy; I was one of the lucky people how survived after being in the sea for 12 hours suffering and waiting for the death to come! I was 2end officer during this time, but acting as chief officer…. a lot of memory I have on this ship it was like home to me, I spent 22 months on it, I was planning to sign off in Lebanon after three days from the disaster time… me Jhon Miloy Garry any other friend who died. cap.harb@me.com