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What permanent changes regulated from the Titanic disaster?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: International Ice Patrol was started and it continues to this day, with the United States patrolling and breaking ice, at its own expense, in the North and South Poles (Canada and the United States share the role of breaking ice in the Great Lakes):
http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/general...
Maritime safety was greatly scrutinized and as a result, many new safety-at-sea laws were passed: lifeboats equal to passengers, bulkhead design changes, etc:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/iip_...

After the TITANIC disaster, the U.S. Navy assigned the Scout Cruisers CHESTER and BIRMINGHAM to patrol the Grand Banks for the remainder of 1912. In 1913, the Navy could not spare ships for this purpose, so the Revenue Cutter Service (forerunner of the Coast Guard) assumed responsibility, assigning the Cutters SENECA and MIAMI to conduct the patrol.

At the first International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea, which was convened in London on November 12, 1913, the subject of patrolling the ice regions was thoroughly discussed. The convention signed on January 30, 1914, by the representatives of the world's various maritime powers, provided for the inauguration of an international derelict-destruction, ice observation, and ice patrol service, consisting of vessels, which should patrol the ice regions during the season of iceberg danger and attempt to keep the trans-Atlantic lanes clear of derelicts during the remainder of the year. Due primarily to the experience gained in 1912 and 1913, the United States Government was invited to undertake the management of the triple service, the expense to be defrayed by the 13 nations interested in trans-Atlantic navigation.
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