Two cargo ships collided off the southwestern coast of Greece early Monday. One carrying fertilizer and flying the flag of Cook Islands sank in seven minutes. The other was in ballast (empty) and flagged under Antigua-Barbuda. Weather had been good with a calm sea. The Greek shipping minister indicated that "human error" was probably to blame amid reports that no one had been on the bridge of the sunk vessel at the time of the collision. A human error in the absence of humans.
It recalled an incident some years ago with two ships on a collision course the captain of ship #1 turned his binoculars on the other's bridge but saw no humans - just a dog barking. It was surmised that the dog was trained to awaken the captain when another vessel approached. You might call him an Old Sea Dog.
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